Editing John the Baptist (section)

====Catholic Church====
[[File:Cappella tornabuoni, 12, Nascita di san giovanni battista.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''The Birth of John the Baptist'', a fresco in the [[Tornabuoni Chapel]] in [[Florence]]]]
The [[Catholic Church]] commemorates Saint John the Baptist on two feast days:
* 24 June – [[Nativity of Saint John the Baptist]]
* 29 August – [[Beheading of Saint John the Baptist]]

According to [[Frederick George Holweck|Frederick Holweck]], at the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]] of the Blessed Virgin Mary to his mother Elizabeth, as recounted in Luke 1:39–57, John, sensing the presence of his Jesus, upon the arrival of Mary, leaped in the womb of his mother; he was then cleansed from original sin and filled with the grace of God.<ref>{{citation-attribution|1=[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15480a.htm Holweck, Frederick. "Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 23 December 2018}}</ref> In her ''Treatise of Prayer'', Saint [[Catherine of Siena]] includes a brief altercation with the [[Devil in Christianity|Devil]] regarding her fight due to the Devil attempting to lure her with [[vanity]] and [[flattery]]. Speaking in the first person, Catherine responds to the Devil with the following words:

{{blockquote|[...] humiliation of yourself, and you answered the Devil with these words: "Wretch that I am! John the Baptist never sinned and was sanctified in his mother's womb. And I have committed so many sins [...]"|[[Catherine of Siena]], ''A Treatise of Prayer'', 1370.<ref>[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/catherine/dialog.iv.iv.ii.html Treatise of Prayer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123154819/https://www.ccel.org/ccel/catherine/dialog.iv.iv.ii.html |date=23 January 2022 }}. Retrieved 15 January 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.catholictreasury.info/books/dialogue/diag51.php The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408164219/http://www.catholictreasury.info/books/dialogue/diag51.php |date=8 April 2022 }}. Retrieved 15 January 2012</ref>|title=|source=}}