Saint Alexander of the Via Claudia

Memorial

• 21 September

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Second century bishop in the area around Rome, Italy. Miracle worker. Arrested, tortured and executed for his faith. Martyr.

Died

• martyred on the Via Claudia, about three miles outside Rome, Italy
• relics translated to a church in Rome in the late 4th century
• Pope Damasus I wrote an epitaph for Saint Alexander

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alexander of the Via Claudia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 April 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>