Name
Alexandros, bishop and martyr of Jerusalem
Saint ID
S00149
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
252
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
ID | Title | E00273 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.11.1-2), recounts that, in the 210s, *Alexandros (bishop and martyr of Jerusalem, S00149) was miraculously designated in dream visions to serve as assistant bishop to *Narkissos (bishop of Jerusalem, S00148). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E00276 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.39.1-4), mentions the martyrdoms of *Fabianus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00147), *Alexandros (bishop and martyr of Jerusalem, S00149), and *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00061), during the Decian persecution (250/251). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E02486 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Calocerus, Parthenius, *Victoria, Anatolia and Audax (martyrs of Rome and of Picenum, S00679 and S01406), probably originally a single text though later fragmented in the manuscripts, narrates the trial and death in Rome of Calocerus and Parthenius, and their burial next to the tomb of *Sixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00201); the vow in Rome of Victoria and Anatolia to keep their virginity; their enforced and separate travel to different cities of Picenum (central Italy), where both effect miracles and conversions, including that of Audax who is then martyred; their death and burial in the same region. Written presumably in Picenum, at an uncertain date, probably before the late 7th c. | E03116 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 21 April *Alexandros (bishop and martyr of Jerusalem, S00149). | E03716 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 21 April *Alexandros (bishop and martyr of Jerusalem, S00149) and *Theodoros (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480). | E07907 | Jerome in several of the brief biographical notes in his On illustrious men, mentions the deaths as martyrs of Christian authors. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 392/393. |
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