Saint Alexander of Perga

Memorial

• 1 August

Profile

Martyred during the persecutions of Diocletian with several companions by order of Flavian for destroying the altar of a pagan goddess. No other information has survived.

Died

• beheaded c.300 at Perga, Pamphylia

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology, 3rd Turin edition

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alexander of Perga”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 July 2011. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alexander-pergia/>