# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-the-merciful
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:41:02.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-the-merciful"
name: "John the Merciful"
slug: "john-the-merciful"
description: "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."
tagline: "Patriarch of Alexandria"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ignoto_pittore_cretese-veneziano%2C_S._Giovanni_l'Elemosiniere%2C_XVII_sec._-FG.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "550"
deathDate: "619"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.59
  momentum:             1.214887640449438
  historical:           20.257492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johannes der Almosengeber"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johannes Almuseandja"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yohane Mwenyehuruma"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump