Righteous · 4th century
Martyr John the Soldier
Also known as John the Soldier of Constantinople
A soldier under Julian the Apostate who, sent to hunt down Christians, secretly warned and sheltered them instead, and after imprisonment lived out his days in holiness; he is invoked for the finding of lost things and lost people.
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Notes
Patron for the recovery of lost or stolen things and of runaways.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints