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Alexander of Africa
martyr in Africa
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 10 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Africa, Saints Terence, Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius, Alexander, Theodore and forty companions, martyrs, who under the emperor Decius died for their Christian faith.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 April among the martyrs who died in Africa for the Christian faith under the emperor Decius.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R4f4f2ca1 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.