# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-the-presbyter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:52.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-the-presbyter"
name: "John the Presbyter"
slug: "john-the-presbyter"
description: "John the Presbyter was an obscure figure of the early Christian Church who is either distinguished from or identified with the Apostle John and/or John of Patmos. He appears in fragments from the church father Papias of Hierapolis as one of the author's sources and is first unequivocally distinguished from the Apostle by Eusebius of Caesarea. He is frequently proposed by some as an alternative author of some or all of the Johannine books in the New Testament."
tagline: "Early Christian; appears in fragments from Papias of Hierapolis as one of the author's sources; traditionally identified with John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, and/or John of Patmos (author of"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "50"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           50.88
  momentum:             0.8148148148148147
  historical:           15.19619466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%E9%95%B7%E8%80%81"
    title: "約翰長老"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "يوحنا القسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "يوحنا القسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_el_Presb%C3%ADter"
    title: "Joan el Presbíter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_der_Presbyter"
    title: "Johannes der Presbyter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Presbyter"
    title: "John the Presbyter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_el_Presb%C3%ADtero"
    title: "Juan el Presbítero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_le_Presbytre"
    title: "Jean le Presbytre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xo%C3%A1n_o_Anci%C3%A1n"
    title: "Xoán o Ancián"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanes_sang_Presbiter"
    title: "Yohanes sang Presbiter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_il_Presbitero"
    title: "Giovanni il Presbitero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E8%80%81%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D"
    title: "長老ヨハネ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "იოანე პრესბიტერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joany_Antidahy"
    title: "Joany Antidahy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_de_Presbyter"
    title: "Johannes de Presbyter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o%2C_o_Presb%C3%ADtero"
    title: "João, o Presbítero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahip_Yuhanna"
    title: "Rahip Yuhanna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%82%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "یوحنا قسیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1698707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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