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  2. Alexander of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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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. He died during the persecution of Emperor Decius. [1]

  3. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Alexander of Constantinople - Wikipedia

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    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 in 330). Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be legendary.

  5. Alexander of Comana - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Pope Alexander I - Wikipedia

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    Pope Alexander I (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, died c. 115) was the bishop of Rome from about 108/109 to 116/119 (according to the 2012 Annuario Pontificio). Some believe he suffered martyrdom under the Roman emperor Trajan or Hadrian .

  7. Saint Alexander - Wikipedia

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    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 and the bishop of Constantinople; Alexander of Jerusalem (d. 251 AD), venerated as a Martyr and Saint by Eastern Orthodox Churches & Roman Catholic Church; Alexander Nevsky ...

  8. Peter I of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    In early 300, while on his death bed, Theonas advised the church leaders to choose Peter as his successor, which they did. Peter's time as bishop included the Diocletianic Persecution, which began in 303, and continued intermittently over the next ten years. Forced into exile from the city during the anti-Christian persecutions, Peter traveled ...

  9. Cyril of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church did not commemorate Saint Cyril in the Tridentine calendar: it added his feast only in 1882, assigning to it the date of 9 February. Yet the 1969 Catholic Calendar revision moved it to 27 June, considered to be the day of the saint's death, as celebrated by the Coptic Orthodox Church . [ 6 ]