almsgiver

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John, the Almsgiver, St., last great patriarch of Alexandria, 13.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

There was a good old bishop of Alexandria called John the Almsgiver, and he and the Governor of the city were great friends.

From The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

We again suspect the influence of Michelangelo in the altarpiece painted before Titian next left Venice, of St. John the Almsgiver, for the Church of that name, of which the Doge was patron.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March