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
Predecessor	St Metrophanes
Successor	St Paul of Constantinople
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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