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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Alexandros, bishop of Constantinople, ob. 337

Saint ID

S01789

Number in BH

BHG 1279, 1280

Reported Death Not Before

337

Reported Death Not After

337

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00569Greek epigram, probably of the late 6th c., inscribed on the reliquary of the martyrs *Akakios (probably the soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468) and *Alexandros (probably the bishop of Constantinople, ob. 337, S01789), probably in Constantinople. Recorded in the 10th c. Greek Anthology.
E03848The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 August *Phokas (martyr of Antioch, S00413) or *Phokas (martyr of Synope, S00052), *Jude Thaddaeus (Apostle, one of the Twelve, S01507), *Joseph of Arimathea (New Testament figure, S01787), *Babylas (bishop and martyr in Antioch, S00061), and *Alexandros (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 337, S01789), and the beheading of *John the Baptist (S00020).
E04933The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 28 August.