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Alexander: Revisited takes a more in-depth look at Alexander's life and his relationships with Olympias, Philip, Hephaestion, Roxana, and Ptolemy. The film has a running time of three hours and 34 minutes (214 minutes, about 40 minutes longer than the theatrical cut and almost 50 minutes longer than the first director's cut) and is presented in ...
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).
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 ...
Flavia Julia Helena [a] (/ ˈ h ɛ l ə n ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē; c. AD 246/248 – 330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, [b] was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
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 ...
Olympias, also known as Saint Olympias and sometimes known as Olympias the Younger [1] to distinguish her from her aunt of the same name [2] (Greek: Ὀλυμπιάς; c. 365 - July 25, 408) was a Christian Roman noblewoman of Greek descent. Olympias was born sometime between 361 and 368 and raised in either Constantinople or Antioch.
Origen of Alexandria [a] (c. 185 – c. 253), [4] also known as Origen Adamantius, [b] was an early Christian scholar, [7] ascetic, [8] and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria.
The plot centers on the conclave of 1458, which took place five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks.The story material was sourced from a diary written by Silvius Aeneas Piccolomini, the only cardinal to ever record the secret proceedings of a papal conclave, and who was himself elected Pope Pius II in that Conclave.