St. Alexander was named bishop of Alexandria in 313 and was a champion of orthodox Catholic teaching. He dedicated his ministry to fighting against the Arian heresy which claimed that Jesus was ...

Died 311 A.D. Bishop of Alexandria from 300. A native of Alexandria, Egypt, Peter survived the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian and served as a confessor for the suffering Christians.

When Alexander the Great founded the port city in 331 BC, he laid the foundation for one of the most famous and largest metropolises of the ancient world. For centuries Alexandria was the center ...