Saint Alexander of Constantinople

Memorial

• 3 May

Profile

Soldier in the imperial Roman army. In the persecutions of Maximian, he changed clothes and places with Saint Antonina of Constantinople after she had been condemned to live as a prostitute. They were discovered, tortured, their hands cut off, and killed. Martyr.

Died

• burned alive in 313 in Constantinople

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alexander of Constantinople“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>