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The father of St John the Baptist (Lk. 1 and 3: 2). A Jewish priest, he is said to have received a vision in the Temple promising him a son who would be ‘filled with the Holy Spirit’; he celebrated the birth of the child in the Benedictus. Feast day, 5 Nov.

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