St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

and his brother St. James were both called by Jesus to be Apostles, and John became the Beloved Disciple of Jesus. John was one of the special Apostles of Jesus; he was present at the Transfiguration, at the raising of the daughter of Jarius, and at the Agony in the Garden. John refers to himself in his Gospel as the "disciple whom Jesus loved" and was the only Apostle to follow Jesus all the way to the Cross on Calgary.
At the Crucifixion, Jesus also entrusted the special care of his mother to John. In addition to his Gospel, John is also considered the author of the book of Revelations possibly three epistles. Though it is unrecorded, many believe that St. John and the Blessed Mother traveled to Ephesus after the Resurrection and lived there for several years. St. John is represented by an eagle and is the patron of Asiatic Turkey. As a gospel writer, John is unique, as his is not one of the synoptic gospels. His was the last to be written and is considered by scholars to focus more on spirituality than upon a retelling of the life of Jesus. John suffered persecution and exile for the Faith. He is the one apostle who was not physically martyred for the faith;