Many are familiar with Southern California’s Mission San Juan Capistrano as the place where the swallows return each spring, but few know the story of St. John of Capistrano, the Franciscan ...

On Oct. 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. John of Capistrano, a Franciscan priest whose life included a political career, extensive missionary journeys, efforts to reunite ...

SAINT John rouse ... Sermons with miracles John, son of Baron Anthony of a Nordic family ancestry that migrated to Italy, was born on June 24, 1386, in Capistrano, Abruzzo, Italy.

In 1456, St. John of Capistrano, the namesake of Mission San Juan Capistrano, helped the Hungarians win a bloody battle against the Ottoman Turks. To honor the Hungarian connection to the mission ...