Pope Alexander I

Pope Saint

Alexander I
Pope Saint; Alexander I
Bishop of Rome
	Eighth-century fresco of Pope Saint Alexander I from Santa Maria Antiqua
Church	Early Church
Papacy began	c. 107
Papacy ended	c. 115
Predecessor	Evaristus
Successor	Sixtus I
Personal details
Born	Alexander; c. 75–80; Rome, Roman Empire
Died	115 (aged 39–40); Rome, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	3 May (Tridentine calendar); 16 March (Greek Christianity);
Venerated in	Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;
	Other popes named Alexander

Pope Alexander I (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, c. 75–80 AD – c. 115) was the bishop of Rome from c. 107 to his death c. 115. The Holy See's Annuario Pontificio (2012) identifies him as a Roman who reigned from 108 or 109 to 116 or 119. Some believe he suffered martyrdom under the Roman emperor Trajan or Hadrian.

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