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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 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 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 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 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 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 Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John
from Figures from the Bible and Saints

firm/studio: C.E. Kempe
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 St John and St John the Baptist
probably early twentieth century
Church of St John, Nelson, Caerphilly
east wall of the chancel



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