John the Merciful
John V Eleemon, also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John the Compassionate, or John the Merciful, was the Chalcedonian Patriarch of Alexandria from 606 to 616. He was born in Amathus around 560. Originally appointed by Emperor Heraclius, at the end of his life he was obliged to flee back to Cyprus, where he died around 620.
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