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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 ...
The Martyrdom of St. Alexander (Workshop of Lorenzo Lotto, after 1560) The oldest Passio dates from about the 8th century, but his cult is much earlier. Alexander was most likely a Roman soldier, native or resident of Bergamo, tortured and killed for not having renounced his Christian faith. [5] Bergamo Cathedral is dedicated to him.
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 ...
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.
[24] [25] [26] In an article in the Egyptology journal Kmt (fall 2020), Chugg showed that a 3rd century BC fragment of a high status Macedonian tomb found embedded in the foundations of St Mark's Basilica in Venice in 1960 is an exact fit as part of a tomb-casing for the Sarcophagus of Nectanebo II [27] in the British Museum, which was long ...
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.
Title as Saint: The Pillar of Faith; Seal of all the Fathers; Bishop, Confessor, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith and also (in the Catholic Church) Doctor of the Church