John the Merciful (also known as John the Almsgiver, John the Almoner, John V of Alexandria, John Eleymon, and Johannes Eleemon) (Patron of Casarano, Italy) was the Patriarch of Alexandria in the early 7th century (from 606 to 616) and a Christian saint.
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“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.”
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