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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Alexander, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Portuensis

Saint ID

S00484

Reported Death Not Before

50

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00688The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Portuensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
E07895The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Portuensis on the via Portuensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.