Back الكسندر القسطنطينيه ARZ Alexandre I de Constantinoble Catalan Alexandr Konstantinopolský Czech Alexander von Konstantinopel German Επίσκοπος Νέας Ρώμης Αλέξανδρος Greek Alexandros (Konstantinoopoli peapiiskop) Estonian Alexandre de Constantinople French I. Sándor konstantinápolyi pátriárka Hungarian Alessandro di Costantinopoli Italian ალექსანდრე (კონსტანტინოპოლის პატრიარქი) Georgian
Alexander of Constantinople | |
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| Bishop of Byzantium/Constantinople | |
 Icon of Patriarchs Alexander, John and Paul I | |
| Installed | 314 |
| Term ended | 337 |
| Predecessor | Saint Metrophanes |
| Successor | Saint Paul of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 241 |
| Died | 337 (aged c. 96) Constantinople |
| Denomination | Eastern Christianity |
| Sainthood | |
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| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Catholic Church |
Alexander of Constantinople (Ancient 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". Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. Retrieved 25 July 2018.