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St. Alexander, Bishop and Martyr. Alexander was a student with Origen at the famous Christian school of Alexandria in the late second century. He became bishop of Cappadocia and during the persecution of Severus was imprisoned for several years (204-211). Following his release from prison, he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was proclaimed coadjutor bishop there in the year 212. Demetrius, the bishop of Alexandria, censured Alexander for ... Continue Reading
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I am searching for a good boys name for the impending arrival of our child in January. Alexander is a name from my husband's ancestry, I wanted to make sure it had solid Catholic connections. The last sentence of the article was very reassuring that this was a name for our times:
"Today when we are criticized by friends and society for the moral tenets of our Faith, St. Alexander is a prime example of how we should stand fast in the face of ridicule and ostracism."
Thank you.
This helped with my r.s
is Alexander the Great a saint?
alexander will be my son's baptismal name. I'm really really love my religion
HE IS A VERY GOOD AND INTRESTING SAINT.I LIKE HIM
I like this saint .
This was helpful! but when was he born? Thanks(:
very helpful for my report, where may i find any other info. on him? i will look, but it's really hard! Super helpful! Thanks.
HELLO! Wonderful to read about this saint who stood steadfast to the faith.
Is he the "most famous" Saint Alexander?
God bless+
This site give great bcos i hav learnt about of i used for my catholic confirmation.Thank you
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This site is useful. St Alexander is my Saint name.
This site is really helpful with a project
this site is really helpful :)
this site is very useful and helped me a lot with choosing my saint name for confirmation
This is vey helpful. But does anybody know why he was put into the Canon of the Mass?
sweeeeeet thats me last name
this site really helped with my science progect
This site was very helpful because I am doing a report on St. Alexander for my religion class at college. I wish that they included the date when he was born, or what he's the patron saint of, too.
I found this very helpful but i wish that they included what he was the patron saint of
I was looking on google for information on saints that share the same name or birthdate as me when I found this page. Now that I have found it, I want to learn more about him. Is there anywhere else I can go to find information on this St. Alexander?