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Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Mother of John the Baptist
Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist, the wife of Zechariah and a relative of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke. She was past normal child-bearing age when she conceived and gave birth to John. She is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic, Eastern…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
John the Baptist
1st-century prophet
John the Baptist was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in the Baptist tradition, and as the prophet Yahya ibn…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)