Alexander of Constantinople | |
---|---|
Bishop of Byzantium / Constantinople | |
![]() Icon of Patriarchs Alexander, John and Paul I | |
Installed | 314 |
Term ended | 337 |
Predecessor | Metrophanes of Byzantium |
Successor | Paul I of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 241 Calabria, Italy |
Died | 337 (aged c. 96) Constantinople |
Denomination | Eastern Christianity |
Sainthood | |
Feast day |
|
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 in 330). Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be legendary.[3]