1386
John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (died 1456)
John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (died 1456)
John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (died 1456)
John of Capistrano
Patron saint of military chaplains
- Born
- 1386
John of Capistrano, OFM was an Italian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the 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.