Name
Alexandros, Decian martyr of Egypt
Saint ID
S00223
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
251
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00277 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.41-42), quotes a letter in Greek by Dionysios, bishop of Alexandria (Egypt), who, in 250/1, informs Phabios, bishop of Antioch (Syria), about martyrdoms in Egypt during the recent Decian persecution; 27 martyrs are named. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E02166 | Greek order for the transport of lentils by boat into the Fayum (Lower Egypt), mentioning an institution dedicated to *Alexandros (perhaps Alexandros, bishop of Alexandria, ob. 326/328, S00733, or the Decian martyr of Egypt, S00223); dated 7 December 608. |
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