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revenues of his see to the alleviation of those in need. A rich man presented him with a magnificent bed covering; he accepted it for one night, but then sold it, and disposed of the money in alms. The rich man "bought in" the article, and again presented it to John, with the same result. This was repeated several times; but John drily remarked: "We will see who tires first."
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Another instance of his piety was that he caused his own grave to be dug, but only partly so, and appointed a servant to come before him on all state occasions and say "My Lord, your tomb is unfinished; pray give orders for its completion, for you know not the hour when death may seize you." When the
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Another person, who was not really in need, applied for alms and was detected by the officers of the palace; but John merely said "Give unto him; he may be Our Lord in disguise." He visited the hospitals three times every week, and he freed a great many slaves. John is said to have devoted the entire
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In his youth John had had a vision of a beautiful maiden with a garland of olives on her head, who said that she was Compassion, the eldest daughter of the Great King. This had evidently made a deep impression on John's mind, and, now that he had the opportunity of exercising benevolence on a large
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to appoint John his successor, which was accordingly done. One of the first steps he took was to make a list of several thousand needy persons, whom he took under his especial care. He always referred to the poor as his "lords and masters", because of their mighty influence at the Court of the Most
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of Alexandria in the early 7th century (from 606 to 616). He was born in Amathus around 560. Originally appointed by the emperor Heraclius, he later resisted attempts by the emperor to persecute the monophysites. At the end of his life he was obliged to flee back to Cyprus, where he died around
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He was unusual for his time in a number of ways. He was a married man with children, was elected bishop as a layman, and became a saint without being a martyr. He is one of the very few Byzantine era saints to gain a following in the West. He was one of the saints in the
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A shipwrecked merchant was thus helped three times, on the first two occasions apparently without doing him much good; the third time however, John fitted him out with a ship and a cargo of wheat, and by favourable winds he was taken as far as
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He is considered a saint in both the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. He is also the patron saint of
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scale, he soon became widely known all over the East for his liberality towards the poor.
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in 614, John sent large supplies of food, wine, and money to the fleeing
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National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands
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A hagiographical biography was written by his contemporary
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High. He assisted people of every class who were in need.
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John the Merciful, second half of the 15th century,
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Index

Saint

San Giovanni Elemosinario
Patriarch of Alexandria
Amathus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Eastern Orthodox Church
Catholic Church
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
shrine
San Giovanni Elemosinario
Venice
Italy
Feast
Attributes
Patronage
Egypt
Greek
romanized
Chalcedonian/Melkite Patriarch
Golden Legend
St. John of the Hospital, the Hospitallers
Casarano
Limassol
Leontius bishop of Neapolis in Cyprus
Amathus
Cyprus

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