Pope John VIII of Alexandria
Pope John VIII of Alexandria, 80th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Pope John VIII was born in Meniat Bani-Khosaim.
His real name was Yohanna Ben -Ebsal, but he was known as El Mo'ataman Ebn El- Kedees.
He became monk at the Monastery of Shahran and was ordained Pope on 19 Meshir, 1016 A.M.( 14 February 1300 AD).
During the papacy of John VIII, severe tribulations befell the Christians in Egypt and heavy taxes were imposed.
An official from Morocco was displeased to find the Copts so active in the financial sector.
Many churches were closed in Cairo and in different parts of the country.
Exceptions were the monasteries in Alexandria and a few churches in other cities.
An envoy from the king of Spain came to intercede on behalf of the Christians.
Two churches were subsequently opened, one of them was the Coptic Orthodox church of the Church of the Virgin Mary( Haret Zuweila), and the other was the Melkite church of Saint Nicholas in El- Hamzawe.
Pope John VIII was a contemporary of Saint Parsoma, and presided over his funeral.
He was the last to reside in the church of Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo.
He was the first to relocate the patriarchal throne to the Church of the Virgin Mary( Haret Zuweila).
He was residing there in the year 1303 AD.
when a severe earthquake caused great destruction in Syria and Egypt.
Ebn Kabre indicated that Pope John VIII had made some changes in the Liturgy.
He died on 4 Paoni 1036 A.M.( 29 May 1320 AD) after 20 years, 3 months, and 15 days on the Patriarchal Throne.
John VIII of Constantinople
John VIII Xiphilinos( c. 1010 – 2 August 1075), a native of Trebizond, was a Byzantine intellectual and Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 – 1075.
He was the uncle of John Xiphilinos the Epimator.
He is considered" an innovator in the field of the methodology of jurisprudential research."
George Doukas Philanthropenos
George Doukas Philanthropenos( died before 1452) was a close confidant of Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos( r. 1425–1448) and served briefly as" mesazon"( chief minister) of the Byzantine Empire in 1438 – 1439.
He first appears in 1429.
John VIII entrusted him with the symbolically important diplomatic missions of conferring the insignia of Despot to the Serbian rulers Đurađ Branković( in 1429 or 1435) and Lazar Branković( in 1446).
In 1438 –1439 he accompanied John VIII to the Council of Ferrara, and was appointed joint" mesazon" along with Manuel Iagaris Palaiologos.
In this capacity he played an important role, putting pressure on the Byzantine delegation to accept the Union of the Churches.
He was a relative of the Patriarch of Constantinople Joseph II, who died in 1439 during the Council.
George left an endowment to the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, where Joseph was buried, for an annual mass in his memory.
Sophia of Montferrat
Sophia of Montferrat( or Sophia Palaiologina; died 21 August 1434) was a Byzantine Empress consort by marriage to John VIII Palaiologos.
John VIII Palaiologos
John VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus( 18 December 1392 – 31 October 1448) was the penultimate reigning Byzantine Emperor, ruling from 1425 to 1448.
John VIII
John VIII may refer to:
John VIII, Count of Vendôme
John VIII de Bourbon (1425 - 6 January 1477) was Count of Vendôme from 1466 until his death.
A member of the House of Bourbon, he was the son and successor of Louis, Count of Vendôme.
As a courtier of King Charles VII of France, he fought the English in Normandy and Guyenne.
He attached himself to King Louis XI, but was not in royal favor.
He withdrew to the Château of Lavardin and completed its construction.
In 1454, he married Isabelle de Beauvau, daughter of Louis de Beauvau, Marshal of Provence and Marguerite de Chambley.
They had eight children:
Jean also had two illegitimate sons:
Gilbert de Nîmes
Gilbert de Nîmes was a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in France during the Dark Ages, and the sixteenth known bishop of Nimes, 870-890.
During his Bishopric, from 876, he led a process that retrieved the village of Bizac( now part of the municipality of Calvisson) to the diocese of Nîmes as it had been usurped by the Lord Genesis, in 892.
Later, with the help of John VIII, he captured the Abbey of Saint- Gilles which had been with the Abbé Léon.
They begged the help of John VIII, who then convened a synod.
It ordered Gilbert to surrender his property to Father Leo.
John VIII bar Abdoun
John VIII bar Abdoun was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1004 until his death in 1033.
Louis, Count of Vendôme
Louis de Bourbon (
Louis I, Count of Vendôme) (1376 – December 21, 1446 in Tours), younger son of John I, Count of La Marche and Catherine de Vendôme, was Count of Vendôme from 1393, and Count of Castres from 1425 until his death.
Louis was a supporter of the duc d'Orléans, and obtained valuable posts at court, becoming Grand Chamberlain of France in 1408 and Grand Maître de France in 1413.
As part of the Armagnac faction, he was at odds with the Burgundians, and was imprisoned by them twice, in 1407 and 1412.
In 1414, Louis married Blanche (d. 1421), daughter of Hugh II, Count of Roucy; but he was captured the next year by the English at the Battle of Agincourt, and held by them for some time.
Freed, he was in command of French forces at Cravant and later captured, 31 July 1423.
In 1424, he married Jeanne de Laval (d. 1468), daughter of Guy XIII, Count of Laval and Anne de Laval, at Rennes.
Their children were:
He also had an illegitimate son, fathered with the Englishwoman, Sybil Bostum, during his captivity:
Faithful to the king, he subsequently joined Joan of Arc and many other French nobles at the defense of Orléans in 1429, commanded at the siege of Jargeau, and assisted in the coronation at Reims.
He was later present at the Treaty of Arras (1435).

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