St John the Evangelist, apostle (11H(JOHN))

John is often depicted holding a chalice with a serpent in it, symbolic of the apocryphal story in which John blesses a cup of poisoned wine that he is given, and the poison rises in the form of a serpent.

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	St John the Evangelist detail from St Peter and St John the Evangelist about 1887 Church of St John, Porthmadog, Gwynedd east wall of the north aisle
	Christ the Good Shepherd with St James and St John firm/studio: Alexander Gibbs & Co. 1858 Church of St Cyngar, Llangefni, Anglesey east wall of the chancel
	St Peter and St John firm/studio: John Hardman & Co. probably 1920s or 30s Church of the Holy Rood and St Teilo, Tenby, Pembrokeshire south wall of the nave
	Christ with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist artist: William Aikman 1926 Church of St Peris, Nant Peris, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel
	St Luke and St John 1861 St Woolos Cathedral, Newport south wall of the chancel
	Chrisr the Good Shepherd with St David and St John firm/studio: W. G. Taylor about 1891 Church of St David, Beaufort, Blaenau Gwent east wall of the chancel
	St John the Evangelist firm/studio: C.E. Kempe & Co Ltd 1910 Church of St John, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire north wall of the north aisle
	Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John from: Figures from the Bible and Saints firm/studio: C.E. Kempe cartoonist: Wyndham Hope Hughes designer: John Carter 1885 Church of All Saints, Newbridge-on-Wye east wall of the sanctuary apse
	St Brigid and St John probably early twentieth century Church of St Illtyd, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil (liturgical) north wall of the north aisle
	St John and St John the Baptist probably early twentieth century Church of St John, Nelson, Caerphilly east wall of the chancel