Alexander of Bergamo

Alexander of Bergamo

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Alexander of Bergamo
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death_date=~303 AD
feast_day= August 26 (RC), September 22 (O)
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church


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caption= "Alexander of Bergamo", Bernardino Luini, ca. 1525.
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attributes=Depicted as a soldier; military standard bearing white lily
patronage=Bergamo; Capriate San Gervasio; Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo|major_shrine= Relics rest in chapel in ducal castle of Pescolanciano
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Saint Alexander of Bergamo (died c. 303) is the patron saint of Bergamo. Alexander may simply have been a Roman soldier or resident of Bergamo who was tortured and killed for not renouncing his Christian faith. [ [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/34250 Sant' Alessandro di Bergamo] ] Details of his life are uncertain, but subsequent Christian legends consider him a centurion of the Theban Legion commanded by Saint Maurice. He was a survivor of the decimation, that is, the killing of every tenth man. He escaped to Milan.

At Milan, he was recognized and imprisoned, and it was demanded that he renounce his Christian faith. However, he was visited in jail by Saint Fidelis and Bishop Saint Maternus. Fidelis managed to organize Alexander's escape. Alexander fled to Como but was captured again.

Brought back to Milan, he was once more condemned to death by decapitation, but during the execution the executioner's arms went stiff. He was imprisoned again, but Alexander once again managed to escape, and ended up in Bergamo after passing through Fara Gera d'Adda and Capriate San Gervasio. At Bergamo, he was the guest of the lord Crotacius, who bid him to hide from his persecutors. However, Alexander decided to become a preacher instead and converted many natives of Bergamo, including Firmus and Rusticus, who were later martyred. Alexander was once again captured and was finally decapitated on August 26 303, on the spot now occupied by the church of San Alessandro in Colonna.

Veneration

The cathedral of Bergamo is dedicated to him and dates from the 4th century, and he is one of the saints in the dedication of the church in Rome for natives of Bergamo.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0826.htm#alex Saints of August 26: Alexander of Bergamo]
*it icon [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/34250 Sant' Alessandro di Bergamo]


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