Saint Alexander of Pydna
Also known as
- Alessandro
- Alexandros
Profile
Priest in Pydna, Macedonia (in modern Greece). Martyr by Maximian Galerius for publicly refusing to sacrifice to idols.
- beheaded c.305 in Macedonia
- a fresh spring of water poured from the place of his execution
- buried in Thessalonica
- skull taken to the Great Lavra on Mount Athos in the mid 10th-century
- leading four men in white clothing into heaven
MLA Citation
- “Saint Alexander of Pydna“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 November 2021. Web. 16 April 2024. <>