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John of Capistrano

1386–1456 · 15th century · Also known as Saint John of Capistrano, Giovanni da Capestrano

John of Capistrano was an Italian Franciscan friar and preacher who campaigned across central Europe against the Hussites and for a crusade against the Ottomans. In 1456 he raised a crusading army of peasants and townsmen that, with John Hunyadi's forces, broke the Ottoman siege of Belgrade. He died of plague soon afterwards and was canonised in 1690.

John of Capistrano
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