John of Cologne

Saint John of Cologne O.P.
Religious, priest and martyr
Born	Electorate of Cologne
Died	9 July 1572 Brielle, Spanish Netherlands
Beatified	14 November 1675 by Pope Clement X
Canonized	29 June 1865 by Pope Pius IX
Major shrine	Bedevaarts Church, Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands
Feast	9 July

John of Cologne (Joannes van Hoornaar), was a friar and priest of the Dominican Order, born in the Electorate of Cologne, part of modern Germany. He later became a parish priest of Hoornaar, in the Spanish Netherlands. He was executed for his faith in 1572 and has been declared a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.