John of Capistrano
(1386-1456)
Patron saint of military chaplains
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John of Capistrano (Italian: San Giovanni da Capestrano, Hungarian: Kapisztrán János, Polish: Jan Kapistran, Croatian: Ivan Kapistran, Serbian: Јован Капистран, Jovan Kapistran) (24 June 1386 – 23 October 1456) was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname 'the Soldier Saint' when in 1456 at age 70 he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi.
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24 June 1386 Capestrano, Abruzzi, Kingdom of Naples
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23 October 1456 (aged 70) Ilok, Syrmia, Kingdom of Hungary
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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