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Alexander of Philomelium
soldier and martyr at Philomelium
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 13 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Philomelium in Phrygia, in present-day Turkey, Saints Alexander and thirty soldiers, martyrs, who are said to have suffered martyrdom under Magnus, prefect of Antioch in Pisidia.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 July as a martyr at Philomelium in Phrygia who, with thirty soldiers, is said to have suffered under Magnus, prefect of Antioch in Pisidia.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.