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Alexander The Pargiter an Englishman and abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Augustine at Canterbury, who lived at the beginning of the 13th century, was distinguished for his steady adherence to king John, for which he was excommunicated. He wrote various treatises, among them De Ecclesice Potestate. He died either in 1217 or 1220. … Continue reading “Alexander The Pargiter”

Alexander The Great (, man-defender, a title often bestowed by Homer upon Paris, son of Priam, and hence a frequent Grecian name), the name of several men mentioned or involved in Biblical history, or in the Apocrypha and Josephus. 1. The third of the name, surnamed THE GREAT, son (by Olympias) and successor of Philip, … Continue reading “Alexander the Great”

Alexander the Charcoal Burner, Saint (c.250) Martyr , Bishop of Comana in Pontus. He was known as the “Charcoal Burner,” because he assumed that occupation to escape worldly honors. Gregory Thaumaturgus discovered his merits, and he was made bishop . He was burned to death in the persecution of Decius. Patron of charcoal burners. Feast … Continue reading “Alexander the Charcoal Burner, Saint”

Alexander The Carpenter so called from his father’s trade, was an Englishman, and flourished about 1430. He composed a treatise, Destructorium Vitiorum (Venice, 1582), which has been by some attributed to Alexander of Hales. See Cave, Hist. Lit. 2, 129. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Alexander, Stephen, LL.D a Presbyterian minister, was born at Schenectady, N.Y., September 1, 1806. He graduated from Union College in 1824, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1832, when he became a tutor in Princeton College, and in 1834, professor of mathematics, astronomy, and mechanical philosophy, and was connected with the college for upwards of … Continue reading “Alexander, Stephen, LL.D”

Alexander Severus Profile Roman emperor from 222 to 235 . He succeeded his cousin, Elagabalus, to the imperial throne. Origen was invited by his mother, Mammma, to Antioch as his tutor. Severns respected Christianity and granted tolerance though there was some anti-Christian legislation in his reign. He was a disciple of “syncretism,” uniting together against … Continue reading “Alexander, Severus”

Alexander Sauli, Saint Apostle of Corsica. Born in 1533 in Milan , Italy ; died on 11 October 1592 in Pavia, Italy . He was a Barnabite and as bishop of Aleria , Corsica from 1571 to 1591 he reclaimed the people from laxity and ignorance, rebuilt churches, founded colleges and seminaries, and placed the … Continue reading “Alexander Sauli, Saint”

Alexander Sauli, Blessed Apostle of Corsica, b. at Milan, 1533, of an illustrious Lombard family; d. at Pavia, 11 October, 1592; declared Blessed by Benedict XIV, 23 April, 1742. After some years of study under capable masters, he entered the Congregation of the Barnabites at an early age, and became teacher of philosophy and theology … Continue reading “Alexander Sauli, Blessed”

Alexander, Samuel a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born Feb. 16, 1836. He professed religion in 1853; moved to Missouri from Tennessee in 1857; and was licensed to preach and received into the Missouri Conference in 1860. In 1872 he removed to Marion, Va., to recover his health, and in the following … Continue reading “Alexander, Samuel”

Alexander Saint, bishop of Constantinople is commemorated Aug. 28 (Latin) or 30 (Greek). He resolutely opposed the Arian heresy; and when Eusebius of Nicomedia insisted upon Arius being received into the Church of Constantinople, Alexander, in the deepest affliction, ordered public fasting and prayer to be made to God to avert it; and himself passed … Continue reading “Alexander Saint, bishop of Constantinople”