Saint Alexander of Apema

Memorial

• 10 March

Profile

Missionary preacher in the area of Apema, Phrygia (part of modern Turkey). Worked with Saint Caius of Apema. Fought the Montanist heresy. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Died

• martyred c.172

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alexander of Apema”. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 March 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alexander-of-apema/>