August 28th

Saint Alexander

Saint · Common of Bishops · Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey · d. c. 337

At Constantinople, Saint Alexander, bishop, whose apostolic prayer, as Saint Gregory Nazianzen writes, overthrew the leader of the Arian impiety.

Latin Original

— Constantinópoli, sancti Alexándri, epíscopi, cuius apostólica precátio, ut scribit sanctus Gregórius Nazianzénus, ariánze impietátis ducem oppréssit.