Alexander of Caesarea in Palestine

Saint Alexander of Caesarea in Palestine was one of the two young men named Alexander who suffered in the time of the emperor Diocletian (284 to 305), together with Agapius, Publius, Timolaus, Romulus and the two Dionysii. They are commemorated on 28 March.

At a pagan festival, the Christians who would not sacrifice to idols were tortured and put to death in public. Among those in the crowd were young Christians who decided to confess their faith before all and suffer for Christ. As a sign that they went of their own will, they bound their own hands and presented themselves before the governor Urbanus. The governor, seeing their youth, tried in vain to turn them from their resolve, then threw them into prison, where Agapius and his servant Dionysius already were. All were tortured and beheaded.