John of God

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John of God was a 16th-century Portuguese-born Catholic saint renowned for his charitable work and for founding the Brothers Hospitallers, a religious order dedicated to caring for the sick and poor.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
John of God canonical 1
João de Deus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
Portuguese person
religious founder
beatificationDate 1630
beatifiedBy Pope Urban VIII
birthCountry Kingdom of Portugal
birthDate 1495-03-08
birthPlace Montemor-o-Novo
canonizationDate 1690-10-16
canonizationStatus canonized
canonizedBy Pope Alexander VIII
causeOfDeath pneumonia
century 16th century
deathCountry Kingdom of Spain
deathDate 1550-03-08
deathPlace Granada
feastDay March 8
foundedIn Granada
foundedInYear 1539
founderOf Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
gender male
givenName João
honorificPrefix Saint
knownFor care of the poor
care of the sick
charitable work
founding hospitals
languageSpoken Spanish
livedIn Portugal
Spain
nativeLanguage Portuguese
nativeName João de Deus
linked to: John of God
notableWork establishing a house for the sick in Granada
occupation hospital founder
religious brother
patronage booksellers
heart patients
hospitals
nurses
printers
the sick
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
spirituality charity toward the poor
service to the sick
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Lutheran Church
linked to: Lutheranism

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Confessor exampleOf John of God
John of God nativeName João de Deus
linked to: John of God