Today is the feast day of St John of Capistrano. We probably are more familiar with him by his Spanish name, as mission San Juan Capistrano in California was named after him by the Franciscan missionaries who brought God’s word to the native people of California. St John of Capistrano was born in 1386 in the kingdom of Naples in Italy. He was imprisoned during a war with a neighboring town. He entered the Franciscan community in Perugia after his release. After being ordained to the priesthood, he brought his gifts of preaching to countries all over Europe – throughout Italy, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Russia. Through his preaching, John of Capistrano tried to unify the Christians throughout the European realm. He also wrote religious tracts against different heresies. He died in 1456 at the age of 70.
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