Alexander of Constantinople


Alexander of Constantinople
Bishop of Byzantium / Constantinople
Icon of Patriarchs Alexander, John and Paul I
Installed314
Term ended337
PredecessorMetrophanes of Byzantium
SuccessorPaul I of Constantinople
Personal details
Bornc. 241
Calabria, Italy
Died337 (aged c. 96)
Constantinople
DenominationEastern Christianity
Sainthood
Feast day
  • 30 August (Orthodox Church)
  • 28 August (Catholic Church)
Venerated inEastern 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]

  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". Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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