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A mosaic of Saint John Chrysostom holding the Gospels, in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, about the late ninth century

Saint John Chrysostom

The “golden-mouthed” preacher of Antioch, exiled for rebuking the court’s luxury

Patron of
preachers, orators, speakers
Western calendar
13 September
Orthodox calendar
13 November, also 27 and 30 January (26 November on the old calendar)

John was born at Antioch about 347, and his preaching there, often twice a week for twelve years, earned him the name Chrysostom, "golden-mouthed"; it was there he asked, "What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger?" Made Archbishop of Constantinople in 397, he cut the expenses of his own household and spoke against the luxury of the court. The empress Eudoxia had him sent into exile twice, and he died on the road to his last place of banishment on 14 September 407, saying, "Glory to God for all things!"

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