Alexander of Constantinople

Saint

Alexander of Constantinople
Saint; Alexander of Constantinople
Bishop of Byzantium/Constantinople
	Icon of Patriarchs Alexander, John and Paul IV
Installed	314
Term ended	337
Personal details
Born	c. 241
Died	337 (aged c. 96); Constantinople
Denomination	Eastern Christianity
Sainthood
Feast day	August 30 (Orthodox); August 28 (Roman Catholic);
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodoxy; Roman Catholicism

Alexander of Constantinople (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; c. 241 – 337) was bishop of Byzantium from 314^[1] and the first bishop of Constantinople from 330^[2] (the city was renamed during his episcopacy). Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be legendary.^[3]

^ "Κατάλογος Οικουμενικών Πατριαρχών - Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο" [List of Ecumenical Patriarchs] (in Greek). 2019.
^ Smith 1911 cites Theodoret Hist. i. 19
^ Kazhdan, Alexander; Talbot, Alice-Mary (2005). "Constantinople, Patriarchate of". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[1] "Κατάλογος Οικουμενικών Πατριαρχών - Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο" [List of Ecumenical Patriarchs] (in Greek). 2019.

[2] Smith 1911 cites Theodoret Hist. i. 19

[3] Kazhdan, Alexander; Talbot, Alice-Mary (2005). "Constantinople, Patriarchate of". The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

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