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![[Emperor Alexander Severus]](http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd07781.jpg "14kb jpg photograph of a bust of Emperor Alexander Severus, date unknown, artist unknown; Louvre, Paris; photograph by BlaiseMuhaddib; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
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Roman emperor from 222 to 235. He succeeded his cousin, Elagabalus, to the imperial throne. Origen was invited by his mother, Mammma, to Antioch as his tutor. Severns respected Christianity and granted tolerance though there was some anti-Christian legislation in his reign. He was a disciple of “syncretism,” uniting together against a common enemy, and strove to establish order and moral decency at Rome. He was murdered by his mutinous soldiers.
Born
- murdered in 235 at Sicula on the Rhine
Profiled Saints Martyred on this Site
- Pope Saint Callistus I
- Saint Archelaus of Ostia
- Saint Blanda of Rome
- Saint Calepodius of Rome
- Saint Felix of Rome
- Saint Maximus of Ostia
- Saint Palmatius of Rome
- Saint Privatus of Rome
- Saint Quiriacus of Ostia
- Saint Tatiana of Rome
MLA Citation
- “Emperor Alexander Severus”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 June 2010. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/emperor-alexander-severus/>