Patmos, Aegean Sea 

Much has been written about John (c. 6 AD-c. 100 AD), one of the beloved disciples of Jesus Christ and one of the main leaders of the Church. He was passionately dedicated to the proclamation of the Truth and wrote five books of the New Testament (Gospel of John, letters 1, 2 and 3 John, and the Apocalypse), but he would probably have been the first to point out that everything he had done in life was little compared to what Jesus did for him.

The apostle Paul (c. 5-c. 64/65 AD), years after his conversion, mentions him as a pillar of the Jerusalem church, along with James of Zebedee (c.2 -44 AD) and Peter (late 1st century BC - c. 64 or 67 AD) in the book of the Acts of the Apostles of the New Testament. However, the last biblical reference places John on the island of Patmos during his exile, where he received the revelation of Jesus Christ and wrote the Apocalypse around the year 95 AD.

The Exile of the Beloved Disciple