St. Zachariah

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Feastday: November 15
Died: 1st Century

Zachariah (f'irst century) The father of St. John the Baptist, also listed as Zachary. He was a priest in the temple of Jerusalern, the husband of St. Elizabeth, a cousin of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Receiving a vision from an angel, Zachariah was told that Elizabeth would bear a son named John. Zachariah was struck dumb until John was born. The birth of John the Baptist was recorded in Luke, chapter one. A minor tradition states that Zachariah was slain in the temple when he refused to tell King Herod where St. John the Baptist could be found. Feast day: November 15

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Katherine
2 weeks ago
Quien como Dios??? I'm praying to St. Zachariah for the ability to say the right words tomorrow during a job interview. May the Grace of God be always with you!
smrk
3 months ago
Please double check the feast day. Other sources say it's Nov 5th. Also, pls fix the spelling of Jerusalern -JerusaleRM
Hitler
1 year ago
He is also my saint for confirmation
John Harbaugh
1 year ago
Picked him for confirmation
jack
1 year ago
whats his symbol!
patric norman
2 years ago
hey every body i love this saint sooooo much i decided to do him for confermation
Zachy - Sven Zachariah E. Yap
2 years ago
Hi All
Sicko
2 years ago
This is cool
Meg Grifffin
2 years ago
I love this saint
Jew
2 years ago
He is my saint for COMFIRMATION
Zachary
2 years ago
I think that this saint is very cool and i just got a necklace that is st. Zachary so i thought i would do some research and see what he was about.

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