Saint Alexander
- Memorial
- 15 January
- Profile
- Abbot.
Founder of the Acremetre (Greek: without sleep), monks of Asiatic origin.
He converted Saint Rabulas, the governor of Edessa, by a miracle.
In the desert he converted thirty robbers, and changed their den into a monastery.
Founded a monastery on the Euphrates.
With 300 monks, he settled at Gomon in Bithynia, and divided them into six choirs to sing the Divine Office, so that it might ascend ceaselessly, night and day.
- Died
- c.440
- Name Meaning
- defending men
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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