Alexander (2)
Alexander the name of a large number of saints in the early martyrologies:
(1) Martyr under Decius, commemorated Jan. 30; (2) commemorated Feb. 9; (3) son of Claudius, martyr at Ostia, Feb. 18; (4) bishop of Alexandria, Feb. 26 and April 10; (5) of Thessalonica, Feb. 27; (6) of Africa, March 5; (7) of Nicomedia, March 6;
(8) with Gaius, March 10; (9) bishop of Jerusalem, martyr, March 18, SEE ALEXANDER OF CAPPADOCIA; (10) martyr at Caesarea in Palestine, March 28, March 27; (11) saint, April 24, April 21; (12) the pope ALEXANDER I, said to have been martyred at Rome under Trajan (or Hadrian), May 3; he is named in the Gregorian Canon; (13) martyr at Bergamo, Aug. 26, (14) bishop and confessor, Aug. 28; (15) "in Sablinis," Sept. 9; (16) commemorated Sept. 10; (17) "in Capua," Oct. 15; (18) Armenian patriarch, Nov. 7, April 17, and Aug; 11; (19) bishop and martyr, Nov. 26; (20) martyr at Alexandria, translated Dec. 12.
