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Alexander of Baccanae
martyr on the Via Cassia near Rome
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 21 September (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
Also at Rome, at the twentieth milestone of the Via Cassia at the place called ad Baccanas, Saint Alexander, martyr.
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 21 September as a martyr at the twentieth milestone of the Via Cassia, at the place called ad Baccanas.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rae6fc697 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.