Saint Alexander

Memorial: 26 February
formerly 17 April
Profile: Pious youth. Bishop of Alexandria in 313. Worked against Arianism, and excommunicated Arius when he preached in the area around Alexandria. Key figure in the Council of Nicaea in 325. Patriarch of Alexandria. Doctor of the Church.
Born: 3rd century in northern Egypt
Died: February 326 at Alexandria, Egypt
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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