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According to some ancient manuscripts, the feast of Saint Alexander was commemorated on 2 June. Today, his feast day is celebrated annually on 30 August, in a common commemoration with his fellow Patriarchs of Constantinople John IV of Constantinople (582–595, also commemorated on 2 September) and Paul IV of Constantinople (780–784).
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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 ...
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 ...
Emperor Constantine the Great presents a representation of the city of Constantinople as tribute to an enthroned Mary and baby Jesus in this church mosaic from the Hagia Sophia, c. 1000 edit Greek fire , first used by the Byzantine navy during the Byzantine–Arab Wars (miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript, Biblioteca Nacional de ...
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 ...
[17] [18] The text describes how above the imperial throne was an image of Christ enthroned, while an image over the entrance depicted the Virgin Mary, with images of the Emperor and the Patriarch nearby. [17] Christ was most likely seated on a "lyre-backed" throne, the same image seen in imperial coins and other Byzantine mosaics. [14]
Saint Colman of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne and Confessor (676) [1] [9] [15] [17] [note 6] Saint Ethelina (Eudelme), the patroness of Little Sodbury, now in Gloucestershire in England. [15] Saint Angilbert, Abbot of St. Riquier in the north of France where there were some 300 monks (c. 740–814) [15] [18]