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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[1] | |
| 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[2] |
Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, "remember Yah"; Greek: Ζαχαρίας; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay–Rheims Bible; Zakariyya (Arabic: زكريا, romanized: Zakariyyā) in Islamic tradition) is a Jewish figure in the New Testament and the Quran,[3] and venerated in Christianity and Islam.[4] 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).
- ^ "Did John the Baptist's father die a martyr?".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Martyrologium Romanum (2004)was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Quran 19:2–15
- ^ Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary, Note. 905: "The third group consists not of men of action, but Preachers of Truth, who led solitary lives. Their epithet is: "the Righteous". They form a connected group round Jesus. Zachariah was the father of John the Baptist, who is referenced as "Elias, which was for to come" (Matt 11:14); and John the Baptist is said to have been present and talked to Jesus at the Transfiguration on the Mount (Matt. 17:3)."