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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Venerable

Alexander of Axylou

Venerable of Axylou, an Alaman

A venerable of Axylou near Paphos, counted among the Alaman saints, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.

Feast
September 17old style September 30
Era
unknown
Place
Axylou, Paphos
Order
Venerables

Life

Venerable Alexander of Axylou (in Paphos) is commemorated on 17 September (new style) in the Greek synaxarion, among the venerable fathers called Alamans, who, according to tradition, came from Palestine to Cyprus and struggled there.

The Greek calendar lists him among the Alamans, with the note Axylou. No other details of his life have survived in the source consulted.

Commemorated the same day September 17