John the Evangelist, Saint

John the Evangelist, Saint (1st century AD), believed to be the writer of the fourth Gospel, three epistles (letters) and the last book of the Bible which is called the Apocalypse or Book of Revelation.

St. John the Evangelist (which means 'Gospel writer') was believed to be the youngest of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.

He was the son of a fisherman named Zebedee and the brother of the apostle James the Greater. Both of them worked as fishermen on the Sea of Galilee.

John is believed to have lived to a great age and died at Ephesus in Asia Minor in about 100 AD.

He is thought to be the only apostle not to be put to death.