John the Baptist

Caravaggio, Beheading of John the Baptist, 1607-08, Pro-Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, La Valletta, Malta

Read the story of John the Baptist in the Gospels, in the Douay-Rheims literal translation of the Vulgate:

• Matthew 3
  
• Mark 1
  
• Mark 6: 16-30 (the only account of the beheading)
  
• Luke 3
  
• John 1

John the Baptist in the Golden Legend:

• The Nativity of S. John the Baptist (vol. 3, June 24)
  
• Decollation of S. John the Baptist (vol. 5, August 29)

Images of John the Baptist:

• Tiepolo, Beheading of John the Baptist (fresco, 1732-33, Cappella Colleoni, Bergamo)
  
• Sano di Pietro, Beheading of John the Baptist (15th century, Pushkin Museum, Moscow)
  
• Beheading of John the Baptist (silver, c. 1480, Florence Baptistry)
  
• Albrecht Dürer, Beheading of John the Baptist (woodcut, 1510, Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford)
  
• Hieronymous Bosch, John the Baptist in the Wilderness