Alexander
Christian martyr
Feast: 2 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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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- Wikidata Q4718153 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Alexander (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
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