June 6th

Saint Alexander

Saint · Common of Martyrs · Bologna, Italy

In the territory of Bologna in Emilia, the passing of Saint Alexander, bishop of Fiesole, who, while returning from the city of Pavia, where he had recovered the goods of his Church from usurpers before the king of the Lombards, was thrown by them into a river and drowned in its waters.

Latin Original

In agro Bononiénsi in Aemilia, tránsitus sancti Alexándri, epíscopi Fazssuláni, qui, rédiens e civitáte Pápia, ubi Ecclesiae suze bona apud Langobardórum regem ab usurpatóribus vindicáverat, ab his in flávium deiéctus est et aquis praefocátus.