Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

There are some pictures that at least achieve a mixture: gore and aesthetics crossed. Giovanni di Paolo's The Beheading of St John the Baptist is one.

It is well established that John was highly thought of by his contemporaries. The Jewish writer Flavius Josephus says of John, “John, that was called the Baptist: for Herod slew him, who was a ...

These works depict scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist, a first-century preacher who lived in solitude in the desert and baptized Jesus. One of the better-preserved frescoes portrays John ...

There are still other modern claims to parts of John the Baptist's head and body. Topkapi Palace in Istanbul claims to have John the Baptist's right arm, which he used to baptize Jesus, and ...