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Pope John I of Alexandria 29th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.He is counted as John II by the Eastern Orthodox Church which acknowledges John Talaia as John I but as John I by the Copts who reject Talaia.John was born in Alexandria to Christian parents. He became a monk in the Nitrian Desert at the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great.Against his will he was consecrated Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria on 29 September 496 following the death of Athanasius II.

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