Pope Saint Alexander I | |
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| Bishop of Rome | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Papacy began | c. 107 |
| Papacy ended | c. 115 |
| Predecessor | Evaristus |
| Successor | Sixtus I |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Alexander |
| Born | c. 75-80 Rome, Roman Empire |
| Died | 115 (aged 39–40) Rome, Roman Empire |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 3 May (Tridentine Calendar) 16 March (Greek Christianity) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Other popes named Alexander | |
Pope Saint Alexander I was Bishop of Rome from about 106 to 115. The Holy See's Annuario Pontificio (2008) identifies him as a Roman who reigned from 108 or 109 to 116 or 119. Some believe he suffered martyrdom under the Roman Emperor Trajan or Hadrian, but this is improbable. In the article on Saint Alexander I in the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia, Thomas Shahan judges inaccurate the tradition that this Pope inserted into the Roman Canon the narration of the Last Supper (the Qui pridie). Pope Alexander I is also said to have introduced the use of blessing water mixed with salt for the purification of Christian homes from evil influences, and the custom of mixing water with the sacramental wine. This too is considered unlikely.
In some editions of the Roman Missal the Saint Alexander commemorated on 3 May is identified with Pope Alexander I. This identification is not found in the Tridentine Missal promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570. Since nothing is known of the Saints Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus of May 3 other than their names and the facts that they were martyred and were buried at the seventh milestone of the Via Nomentana on that day, the one whose name coincided with that of a pope was identified with the Pope, as has happened also in other cases: a martyr named Felix was even confused with Antipope Felix II. The identification of the martyr Alexander with the Pope was removed from the Roman Calendar by Pope John XXIII in 1960.
His remains are said to have been transferred to Freising in Bavaria, Germany in AD 834.
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| 1st–4th centuries | Peter * Linus * Anacletus * Clement I * Evaristus * Alexander I * Sixtus I * Telesphorus * Hyginus * Pius I * Anicetus * Soter * Eleuterus * Victor I * Zephyrinus * Callixtus I * Urban I * Pontian * Anterus * Fabian * Cornelius * Lucius I * Stephen I * Sixtus II * Dionysius * Felix I * Eutychian * Caius * Marcellinus * Marcellus I * Eusebius * Miltiades * Sylvester I * Mark * Julius I * Liberius * Damasus I * Siricius * Anastasius I |  |
| 5th–8th centuries | Innocent I * Zosimus * Boniface I * Celestine I * Sixtus III * Leo I * Hilarius * Simplicius * Felix III * Gelasius I * Anastasius II * Symmachus * Hormisdas * John I * Felix IV * Boniface II * John II * Agapetus I * Silverius * Vigilius * Pelagius I * John III * Benedict I * Pelagius II * Gregory I * Sabinian * Boniface III * Boniface IV * Adeodatus I * Boniface V * Honorius I * Severinus * John IV * Theodore I * Martin I * Eugene I * Vitalian * Adeodatus II * Donus * Agatho * Leo II * Benedict II * John V * Conon * Sergius I * John VI * John VII * Sisinnius * Constantine * Gregory II * Gregory III * Zachary * Stephen II * Paul I * Stephen III * Adrian I * Leo III | |
| 9th–12th centuries | Stephen IV * Paschal I * Eugene II * Valentine * Gregory IV * Sergius II * Leo IV * Benedict III * Nicholas I * Adrian II * John VIII * Marinus I * Adrian III * Stephen V * Formosus * Boniface VI * Stephen VI * Romanus * Theodore II * John IX * Benedict IV * Leo V * Sergius III * Anastasius III * Lando * John X * Leo VI * Stephen VII * John XI * Leo VII * Stephen VIII * Marinus II * Agapetus II * John XII * Benedict V * Leo VIII * John XIII * Benedict VI * Benedict VII * John XIV * John XV * Gregory V * Sylvester II * John XVII * John XVIII * Sergius IV * Benedict VIII * John XIX * Benedict IX * Sylvester III * Benedict IX * Gregory VI * Clement II * Benedict IX * Damasus II * Leo IX * Victor II * Stephen IX * Nicholas II * Alexander II * Gregory VII * Victor III * Urban II * Paschal II * Gelasius II * Callixtus II * Honorius II * Innocent II * Celestine II * Lucius II * Eugene III * Anastasius IV * Adrian IV * Alexander III * Lucius III * Urban III * Gregory VIII * Clement III * Celestine III * Innocent III | |
| 13th–16th centuries | Honorius III * Gregory IX * Celestine IV * Innocent IV * Alexander IV * Urban IV * Clement IV * Gregory X * Innocent V * Adrian V * John XXI * Nicholas III * Martin IV * Honorius IV * Nicholas IV * Celestine V * Boniface VIII * Benedict XI * Clement V * John XXII * Benedict XII * Clement VI * Innocent VI * Urban V * Gregory XI * Urban VI * Boniface IX * Innocent VII * Gregory XII * Martin V * Eugene IV * Nicholas V * Callixtus III * Pius II * Paul II * Sixtus IV * Innocent VIII * Alexander VI * Pius III * Julius II * Leo X * Adrian VI * Clement VII * Paul III * Julius III * Marcellus II * Paul IV * Pius IV * Pius V * Gregory XIII * Sixtus V * Urban VII * Gregory XIV * Innocent IX * Clement VIII | |
| 17th–20th centuries | Leo XI * Paul V * Gregory XV * Urban VIII * Innocent X * Alexander VII * Clement IX * Clement X * Innocent XI * Alexander VIII * Innocent XII * Clement XI * Innocent XIII * Benedict XIII * Clement XII * Benedict XIV * Clement XIII * Clement XIV * Pius VI * Pius VII * Leo XII * Pius VIII * Gregory XVI * Pius IX * Leo XIII * Pius X * Benedict XV * Pius XI * Pius XII * John XXIII * Paul VI * John Paul I * John Paul II | |
| 21st century | ||
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