Zechariah (New Testament figure)
Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, "remember Yah"; Greek: Ζαχαρίας; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay–Rheims Bible; Zakariyya (Arabic: زكـريـا, romanized: Zakariyyā) in Islamic tradition) is a figure in the New Testament and the Quran, and venerated in Christianity and Islam. In the Bible, he is the father of John the Baptist, a priest of the sons of Aaron in the Gospel of Luke (1:67–79), and the husband of Elizabeth who is a relative of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:36).
Zechariah | |
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Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah by Domenico Ghirlandaio (1490, fresco in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence) | |
| Priest, Prophet, Guardian of Mary, Devotee, Martyr | |
| Born | 1st century BC |
| Died | 1st century BC (or early 1st century AD) Jerusalem (Matthew 23:35), the Levant |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Church Anglicanism Lutheranism Islam |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | September 5 – Eastern Orthodox September 5 – Lutheran September 23 – Roman Catholic |
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