Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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John the Baptist
Territory or Ethnicity (broad)
Non-insular
Related Saints
Belongs to the group John (ns) (certain)
Saint in place-names
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Inveraray","certainty":"Maybe","lat":"56.19402868827674","lng":"-5.144891706843405","names":["Killean (Maybe)"]},{"id":"1327503180","displayName":"Barran Eoin, relief, Kilmichael Glassary","certainty":"Maybe","lat":"56.119942414956846","lng":"-5.262769615617632","names":["Barran Eoin (Maybe)"]},{"id":"1329234297","displayName":"St John's Well, Inverkeithing","certainty":"Pro","lat":"56.03293182742555","lng":"-3.3963248402555135","names":["St John's Well (Pro)"]},{"id":"1329479056","displayName":"Cladh Eoin, ~eccles North Knapdale","certainty":"Maybe","lat":"56.01451598488117","lng":"-5.594175055865203","names":["Cladh Eoin (Maybe)"]},{"id":"1331204463","displayName":"St John's Church, Haddington","certainty":"Maybe","lat":"55.956604162691576","lng":"-2.778460459087234","names":["St John's Church (Maybe)"]},{"id":"1331218709","displayName":"St John's Church, Corstorphine","certainty":"Cer","lat":"55.94072334155212","lng":"-3.280917075860355","names":["St John's Church (Cer)"]},{"id":"1331591466","displayName":"St John's Well, Torphichen","certainty":"Pro","lat":"55.93279597686945","lng":"-3.6456754971038525","names":["St John's Well (Pro)"]},{"id":"1332156878","displayName":"Allt Eoin, burn, Kilmory (Arran)","certainty":"Maybe","lat":"55.491919283872626","lng":"-5.311969522185437","names":["Allt Eoin (Maybe)"]},{"id":"1332512890","displayName":"St John the Baptist's Church, Ayr","certainty":"Cer","lat":"55.46337599814692","lng":"-4.637026726413723","names":["St John the Baptist's Church (Cer)"]},{"id":"1332945803","displayName":"St Johns, settlement Foulden","certainty":"Maybe","lat":"55.8107510888365","lng":"-2.1037242509120295","names":["St Johns (Maybe)"]},{"id":"1336037210","displayName":"Killean, ~eccles. 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