Location:Probably Vaucelles - Date:Shortly before 1250 (incorporated in the first ' Passionaire français') (BHL 4319) (Perrot, 1992: 20, 180-189) - Commission: /

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Biography of St. John, son of St. Zebedee and St. Mary Salome and younger brother of Saint James the Great. Like his father and brother John worked as a fisherman on the lake of Gennesaret. One day, while fishing, Jesus called him to be his follower. John was the youngest of the twelve apostles and said to have been the most beloved disciple of Jesus. After Christ's ascension he preached in Samaria, Jerusalem and cities like Ephesus, Smyrna, Philadelphia and Laodicea. According to tradition, John did several miraculous works including the resuscitation of a number of deaths. Because of his missionary deeds he underwent numerous tortures and persecutions. Nevertheless, he escaped martyrdom and was the only apostle who died a natural death. (approx 100 +)

MEYER (P.), Versions en prose des Vies des Pères, in: Histoire Littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 401 (fragment)

Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina 4319
MEYER (P.), Légendes hagiographiques en français, in: Histoire littéraire de la France, XXXIII (1906) 393-458
PERROT (J.P.), Le Passionnaire français au Moyen Age (Genève, 1992) 180-189
SAMULAK (R.), 'La vie de la légende de saint Jean l'Evangéliste du IIe jusqu'à la fin du XIIIe siècle en Occident. Ses origines, son développement littéraire, son illustration dans les manuscrits du XIIIe siècle.', Annuaire de l'Ecole pratique des hautes-études - IVe Section, 107 (1974-75) 1063-1064
VAN DER LINDEN (S.), De Heiligen (Antwerpen, 1999) 448-449