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Alexander of Jerusalem (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ιεροσολύμων; died 251 AD) was a third century bishop who is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Alexander I (died 115), saint and pope; See Epipodius and Alexander for Saint Alexander, martyred in Lyon, 178 AD; Alexander of Rome (died c. 289), Christian martyr; Alexander of Bergamo (died c. 303), patron saint of Bergamo; may have been a Roman soldier; Alexander of Constantinople (born between 237 and 244–337), bishop of Byzantium ...
Alexander of Constantinople (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; c. 241 – 337) was bishop of Byzantium from 314 [1] and the first bishop of Constantinople from 330 [2] (the city was renamed during his episcopacy). Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be legendary.
Alexander (martyr) 2nd century Alexander I: c. 116 Alexander of Alexandria: 4th century Alexander of Bergamo: 4th century Alexander of Comana: 3rd century Alexander of Constantinople: 4th century Alexander of Jerusalem: 3rd century Alexius: 5th century Alexius of Rome: 4th century Almachius: 4th century Alphius (martyr) 3rd century Alypius of ...
Alexander is venerated as a saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Catholic Church. Alexander is described by the Roman Catholic Church as "a man held in the highest honor by the people and clergy, magnificent, liberal, eloquent, just, a lover of God and man, devoted to the poor, good and sweet ...
Saint Died (Year) Feast Day () Notes 3 Martyrs of Vilnius: 1347 14 April Martyrs; whose names were Anthony, John, and Eustathius [2]: 7 Brothers of Lazia: 304 24 June Martyrs [3]
Saint Alexander of Comana (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Κομάνων); died c. 251, known as Alexander Carbonarius (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Ἀνθρακεὺς), meaning "the charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana in Pontus. [1] Whether he was the first to occupy that seat is unknown.
Alexander was born at 10:45, on 23 December 1777 in Saint Petersburg, [4] and he and his younger brother Constantine were raised by their grandmother, Catherine. [5] He was baptized on 31 December [6] in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace [7] by mitred archpriest [8] Ioann Ioannovich Panfilov [9] (confessor of Empress Catherine II). [10]