# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-of-capistrano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:20:10.212Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-of-capistrano"
name: "John of Capistrano"
slug: "john-of-capistrano"
description: "John of Capistrano, OFM was an Italian Franciscan friar and Catholic priest from the town of Capestrano, Abruzzo. Famous as a preacher, theologian, and inquisitor, he earned himself the nickname \"the Soldier Saint\" when in 1456 at age 70 he led a Crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade with the Hungarian military commander John Hunyadi."
tagline: "Franciscan friar and Catholic saint (1386–1456)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/82Johannes_von_Capestrano.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1386-06-24"
deathDate: "1456-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.37
  momentum:             0.09721048182586645
  historical:           19.90534133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kapistran"
    title: "Jan Kapistran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "جون كابيسترانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Іаан Капістран"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Йоан от Капистрано"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_de_Capistrano"
    title: "Joan de Capistrano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Juan Capistrano"
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  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kapistr%C3%A1n"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Capistranus"
    title: "Johannes Capistranus"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Capistrano"
    title: "John of Capistrano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johano_de_Capestrano"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Capistranokoa"
    title: "Joan Capistranokoa"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Capistranolainen"
    title: "Johannes Capistranolainen"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Capistran"
    title: "Jean de Capistran"
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    title: "ג'ובאני דה קפסטראנו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Kapistran"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapisztr%C3%A1n_Szent_J%C3%A1nos"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancte_Giovanni_da_Capistrano"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanes_dari_Capistrano"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Capestrano"
    title: "Giovanni da Capestrano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joans_Kapistr%C4%81no"
    title: "Joans Kapistrāno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Capestrano"
    title: "Johannes van Capestrano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Capistrano"
    title: "Giovanni da Capistrano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump