Alexander of Constantinople


Alexander of Constantinople
Bishop of Byzantium/Constantinople
Icon of Patriarchs Alexander, John and Paul IV
Installed314
Term ended337
PredecessorSt Metrophanes
SuccessorSt Paul of Constantinople
Personal details
Bornc. 241
Died337 (aged c. 96)
Constantinople
DenominationEastern Christianity
Sainthood
Feast day
  • August 30 (Orthodox)
  • August 28 (Roman Catholic)
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy
Roman Catholicism

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]

  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.

Alexander of Constantinople

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