Giovanni da Capistrano
| St. John of Capistrano, O.F.M. | |
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Illumination depicting St. John of Capistrano
(ca. 1470) |
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| Confessor | |
| Born |
24 June 1386 Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | 23 October 1456 (aged 70) Ilok, Syrmia, Kingdom of Croatia in personal union with Hungary |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 1690 or 1724, Rome by either Pope Alexander VIII or Pope Benedict XIII |
| Feast | 23 October; 28 March (General Roman Calendar, 1890–1969) |
| Patronage | Jurists, Belgrade and Hungary |
Saint John of Capistrano (Italian: San Giovanni da Capestrano, Hungarian: Kapisztrán János, Polish: Jan Kapistran, Serbian: Јован Капистран, Jovan Kapistran) (24 June 1386 – 23 October 1456) was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname 'the Soldier Saint' when in 1456 at age 70 he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi.
Elevated to sainthood, he is the patron saint of jurists and military chaplains, as well as the namesake of the Franciscan missions San Juan Capistrano in Southern California and San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, Texas.
As was the custom of this time, John is denoted by the village of Capestrano, in the Diocese of Sulmona, in the Abruzzi region, Kingdom of Naples. His father had come to Italy with the Angevin court of Louis I of Anjou, titular King of Naples. He studied law at the University of Perugia.
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