Saint Alexander of Vienne

Memorial

• 2 June

Profile

Physician in Vienne, Gaul. Adult convert to Christianity. Friend of Saint Pothinus. Arrested for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, he was tortured and executed. One of the Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne.

Died

• martyred in 177

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 Vienne”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 August 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alexander-of-vienne/>