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Pope Alexander I

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Alexander I
Birth name Alexander
Papacy began ca. 106
Papacy ended ca. 115
Predecessor Evaristus
Successor Sixtus I
Born  ???
Rome, Italy
Died ca. 115
Rome, Italy
Other popes named Alexander
Styles of
Pope Alexander I
Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Holy Father
Posthumous style Saint

Pope Saint Alexander I was pope from about 106 to 115. The Vatican's Annuario Pontificio (2003) identifies him as a Roman who reigned from 108 or 109 to 116 or 119. Christian tradition has identified him as a martyr, but there appears to be no historical evidence supporting or refuting such a conclusion. Eusebius, in Ecclesiastical History IV, IV, 1 states that Alexander died in the third year of the Roman Emperor Hadrian's reign, after holding the office of bishop of the Romans for ten years.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
Evaristus
Bishop of Rome
Pope

106–115
Succeeded by
Sixtus I

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