Alexander of Jerusalem
Christian bishop and saint
b. 2nd century · d. c. 251
31st Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch)
Offices
Alexander of Jerusalem was a third century bishop who is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Roman Catholic Church. He died during the persecution of Emperor Decius.
Related people
- Origen ordainer of · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Cappadocia birth
- Caesarea Maritima death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 3 claims — HE 6.11; Clement carries Alexander's letter to Antioch; Origen is condemned at Alexandria and settles at Caesarea
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus III, col. 101 sqq. — De Patriarchatu Hierosolymitano