At the fortress of Chinon in the region of Tours in Gaul, Saint John, priest, who, a Breton by birth, withdrawing himself from the sight of men for the love of God, kept a tiny oratory-cell before the village church.
June 27th
Saint John of Chinon
Latin Original
In castro Cainóno in pago Gállize Turonénsi, sancti Ioánnis, presbyteri, qui, brito génere, ob amórem divínum ab aspéctibus se hóminum cóhibens, párvulam oratórii céllulam habébat ante vici ecclésiam. JUNIUS 357