Name
Alexandros the Akoimetos (founder of the Sleepless Monks, ob. c. 430, $S00839)
Saint ID
S00839
Number in BH
G 47
Reported Death Not Before
425
Reported Death Not After
435
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Miracle-workers in lifetime, Officials and professionals
| ID | Title | E01427 | Floor-mosaics with Greek and Syriac inscriptions commemorating the construction of a basilica under the supervision of an abbot of a monastery of the Holy Alexander (probably *Alexander the Akoimetos, founder of the Sleepless Monks, ob. c. 430, S00839). Found in Halawe, between Hierapolis-Bambyke in Syria and Rusafa, on the Euphrates (west Mesopotamia/Osroene). Dated 471. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E07110 | The Greek Life of *Alexandros/Alexander (founder of the Sleepless Monks, ob. c. 430, S00839) recounts the life of the founder of a radical style of monasticism who lived in Mesopotamia and Syria, founded many monasteries, and effected miracles. He died at Gomon on the Bosphorus, but his relics were later transferred to the monastery of the Akoimetoi in Constantinople, founded by his disciples. Written in Constantinople, in the late 5th or 6th century. |
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