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border:1px none #000; padding:10px; } .google_custom_1 { width:900px; background:#ffffff; margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;} .google_custom_2 { width:900px; background:#ffffff; margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;} .google_custom_1 .heading a {font-size:11px; color:#000000;} .google_custom_1 .url {font-size:10px; color:#666666;} .google_custom_1 .headline {text-decoration:underline;} .google_custom_2 .heading a {font-size:11px; color:#000000;} .google_custom_2 .headline {text-decoration:underline;} .google_custom_2 .url {font-size:10px; color:#666666;} .google_block_style { width:301px; height:251px; background:#ffffff; float:left; margin:0px 10px 0px 0px;} </style><div><div><script type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>'<i>JOHN<b> (Heb. lsrsi'), </b></i><b>Y olzanan, "<i> Yahweh has been gracious," Gr. </i></b><i>Icoavvns,</i> Lat. <i>Joannes,</i> Ital. <i>Giovanni,</i> Span. <i>Juan,</i> Port. <i>Joao,</i> Fr. <i>Jean,</i> Ger. <i>Johannes, Johann</i> [abbr. <i>Hans],</i> Gael. <i>Ian,</i> Pol. and <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Czech" title="Czech">Czech</a> <i>Jan,</i> Hung. <i>Janos</i>), a masculine proper name common in all Christian countries, its popularity being due to its having been borne by the "Beloved <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Disciple" title="Disciple">Disciple</a>" of <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Christ" title="Christ">Christ</a>, St John the Evangelist, and by the forerunner of Christ, St <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_The_Baptist" title="John The Baptist">John the Baptist</a>. It has been the name of twenty-two popes - the <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Style" title="Style">style</a> of Popes John XXII. and XXIII. being due to an error in the number assumed by <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_XXI" title="John XXI">John XXI</a>. - and of many sovereigns, princes, &c. The order followed in the biographical notices below is as follows: (1) the <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Apostle" title="Apostle">Apostle</a>, (2) the Baptist, (3) popes, (4) Roman emperors, (5) kings; <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_Of_England" title="John Of England">John of England</a> first, the rest in the alphabetical order of their countries, (6) other sovereign princes, (7) non-sovereign princes, (8) saints, (9) theologians, chroniclers, &c. Those princes who are known by a name in addition to John (John <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Albert_%28Archbishop%29" title="Albert (Archbishop)">Albert, &c</a>.) will be found after the article <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/index.php?title=John%2C_Gospel_%27Of&action=edit" class="new" title="John, Gospel 'Of">John, Gospel 'Of</a>. </p> <br clear="all"/><table width="100%" align="center" border="0"> <tr> <div style="text-align:left"><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script></div><td width="50%" align="left"> <p><< <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Johannisberg" title="Johannisberg">Johannisberg</a> </p> </td><td width="50%" align="right"> <p><a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/The_Apostle_John" title="The Apostle John">The Apostle John</a> >> </p> </td></tr></table>  <div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John">http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John</a>"</div> </div> <div id="catlinks"><p class="catlinks"><a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Categories&article=John" title="Special:Categories">Categories</a>: <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Category:JIR-JON" title="Category:JIR-JON">JIR-JON</a></p></div> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid #aaaaaa;background-image: url(/web/20130425111035im_/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/images/vgleft.jpg);position:absolute;width:100%;top:22px;Z-INDEX: 0;"><img src="/web/20130425111035im_/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/images/right.jpg" style="float:right"><a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page"><img src="/web/20130425111035im_/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/images/vg.jpg" style="float:none"></a></div> <div id="column-one"> <div id="p-cactions" class="portlet"> <h5>Views</h5> <ul> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"> <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John">Article</a> </li> <li id="ca-talk" class="new"> <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Talk:John&action=edit">Discussion</a> </li> <li id="ca-talk"><a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/New:John?action=edit">what's new</a></li> </li> <li id="ca-edit"> <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/index.php?title=John&action=edit">Edit</a> </li> <li id="ca-history"> <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/index.php?title=John&action=history">History</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="portlet" id="p-personal"> <h5>Personal tools</h5> <div class="pBody"> <ul> <li id="pt-login"> <a href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=John">Create an account or log in</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="portlet" id="p-logo"> <a style="background-image: url(/web/20130425111035im_/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/skins/common/images/wiki.png);" href="/web/20130425111035/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Main_Page"></a> </div> <script language="JavaScript" src="/web/20130425111035js_/http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/skins/js/MyNav.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); 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