Saint Alexander of Constantinople
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.
- burned alive in 313 in Constantinople
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Kirken i Norge - nowegian
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
