Alexander, Saint \(Patriarch of Alexandria\)

Alexander, Saint \(Patriarch of Alexandria\)
Alexander, Saint \(Patriarch of Alexandria\)
Patriarch of Alexandria. Elected instead of the heresiarch Arius, who had been scheming to be made bishop. A man of great holiness, St. Alexander died in 326

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