John the Baptist
Orders and societies

A number of religious orders who include or have included in their name a mention of John the Baptist have been called Baptistines.

John the Baptist is the name-giving patron of the Knights Hospitaller, or Knights of Saint John.

Along with John the Evangelist, John the Baptist is claimed as a patron saint by the fraternal society of Freemasons.
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