Saint Alexander of Drizipara

Also known as

• Alessandro

Memorial

• 27 March

Profile

Third-century imperial Roman soldier and Christian. Military tribune under the command of Tiberius. In Rome, Italy he was ordered to make a sacrifice to the pagan god Jupiter; he refused. Being of high rank, he was taken before Emperor Maximian Herculeus; there he proclaimed his faith. Tortured and sentenced to hard labour at a series of prisons before being executed. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded in Drizipara, Thrace (modern Büyük Karistiran, Turkey)
• body thrown into the nearby river, but was pulled out by four dogs, and local gave Alexander a Christian burial

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alexander of Drizipara“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 March 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>