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[[Image:StJohntheMerciful.jpg|right|frame|St. John the Merciful]]
Our father among the saints '''John the Merciful''' was [[patriarch]] of Alexandria in the early 7th century, also known as '''John V of Alexandria'''. He gained his epithet from his many [[philanthropic]] labors and his unstinting generosity in distributing the vast wealth of the [[patriarchate]] of Alexandria to the poor and afflicted. The main source for his biography is a Life written by Leontius of Neapolis in Cyprus. John is commemorated in the Orthodox Church on [[November 12]].
==Early life and consecration as patriarch==
*The most recent scholarly study of [[Leontius of Neapolis]], the author of the main Life of John, is Vincent Deroche, ''Études sur Léontios de Néapolis,'' (Uppsala 1995).
*Online, entries can be found on Wikipedia at [[Wikipedia:St. John the Merciful|St. John the Merciful]] and on the Catholic Encyclopedia under [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08486a.htm St. John the Almsgiver].
==See also==
*[[Almsgiving]]
*[[Philanthropy]]
==External links==