Name
Alexandros, martyr of Dryzipera/Drusipara
Saint ID
S00070
Number in BH
BHG 48-49
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
311
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E00085 | Theophylact Simocatta, in his History (6.5.2 and 7.14.11 - 15.3), describes the burning by invading Avars, in 588 and 598, of the shrine of the martyr *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070) near Dryzipera/Drusipara (eastern Balkans), and how they were miraculously punished with plague. Written in Greek at Constantinople in the early 7th century. | E00321 | The Greek Martyrdom of Alexandros recounts the story of the young soldier *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070), arrested in Rome under Maximian, and beheaded at Dryzipera/Drusipara (eastern Balkans), after a long journey through Illyricum and Thrace, suffering tortures and effecting miracles all along the journey. His body is granted a special healing grace, and miracles occur at his tomb. Probably written at or near Dryzipera, probably in the 5th/6th c. | E00337 | The Martyrdom of *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070), probably of the 5th/6th c., contains several references to the veneration of relics, including a mention of women perfuming and venerating the remains of saints. It also refers to the burial of Alexander in a sarcophagus, and to miracles and cures at his shrine. Probably written at or near Dryzipera (eastern Balkans). | E01438 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 26 February the martyrdom of *Kallinikos (possibly the martyr of Gangra, S00923) and *Alexandros (probably the martyr of Dryzipera, S00070). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E03036 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 25 February *Alexandros (Martyr of Dryzipera, S00070). | E03655 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 25 February *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070) and *Porphyrios (bishop of Gaza, ob. 420, S01368), and, as a later addition, Tarsios, bishop of Constantinople (784-806). | E03658 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 28 February *Polycarp/Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070), *Šahdost/Sadoth (katholikos and martyr in Persia, ob. 442, S01581), and *Proterios (bishop of Alexandria, ob. 457, S01626). | E05572 | The Greek Life of Hypatios by Kallinikos mentions the destruction of the shrine of *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070) in Thrace (east Balkans) by the invading Huns in 447. Written at Rufinianae (near Constantinople), 447/450. | E05744 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (18.129), mentions the shrines of *Stratonikos (martyr venerated near Constantinople, S02163; perhaps the martyr of Ptolemais, S01657) and *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070) in the Thracian suburbs of Constantinople, in the context of a barbarian attack against Constantinople in 559. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the 560s. |
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