Scoil Eoin Crest

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The Scoil Eoin crest is based on a graphic in the Book of Kells representing St. John the Evangelist.(Eoin is the Irish form of John)

John the Evangelist (died about AD 101), was one of the 12 apostles, son of Zebedee and younger brother of Saint James the Great. He is also known as St. John the Divine. He became a disciple first of John the Baptist and then of Jesus, who made him an apostle and called him and James Boanerges (Greek, “sons of thunder”), for their zeal (see Mark 3:17). John, together with James and Peter, made up the group of disciples who witnessed Jesus' transfiguration and were present during the agony in Gethsemane. Next to Peter, John was the most active of the apostles in organizing the early church in Palestine and, later, throughout Asia Minor. According to tradition, during a period of persecution of Christians by the Romans, John was banished to Patmos, where he is believed to have written the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation. Later he is believed to have gone to Ephesus, where the same tradition relates that he wrote three Epistles and the fourth Gospel. He is venerated as the patron saint of Asia Minor. In art he is represented by several emblems, among them an eagle,(This is the emblem seen on the Scoil Eoin crest) relating to his position as evangelist, and a kettle, referring to the tradition that he survived an attempted execution by immersion in burning oil. His feast day is December 27.

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Updated 22/5/99