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Alexander

Christian martyr

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
177
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Saint Alexander was a martyr and companion of Saint Pothinus. Alexander was a physician in Vienne, Gaul, when he converted to Christianity. He was arrested during the persecutions conducted under Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Along with Pothinus and forty-six other Christians, Alexander was tortured and executed. As part of this group, Alexander is one of the Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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