Alexandru

Alexandru este un nume masculin de origine greacă (gr. Ἀλέξανδρος "apărător al poporului") foarte popular de-a lungul timpului, purtat de multe personalități și sfinți.

În Noul Testament

• Alexandru, fiul lui Simon din Cirene și Rufus (Marcu 15, 21). Alexandru și Rufus, prezentați de evanghelistul și Apostolul Marcu ca și cum ar fi cunoscuți destinatarilor evangheliei sale, erau probabil creștini.
• Alexandru, evreu din familie pontificală, membru în sanhedrin (Faptele Apostolilor 4,6).
• Alexandru. evreu din Efes (Fapte 19, 33).
• Alexandru, creștin apostat (1 Timotei 1, 20).
• Alexandru, răzvrătit și adversar al Apostolului Pavel (2 Timotei 4, 14), pe care unii îl identifică cu cel din Efes sau cu cel din 1 Timotei.

Sfinți

• Alexandru din Pidna (prăznuit la 14 martie)
• Doi Alexandru (15 martie)
• Alexandru al Constantinopolului (30 august)
• Alexandru Nevski, mare prinți de Novgorod și Vladimir (prăznuit pe 30 august și 23 noiembrie)
• Alexandru al Alexandriei (29 mai)
• Alexandru al Ierusalimului (16 mai și pe 12 decembrie)
• Alexander, the Martyr (February 25)
• Alexander, the Martyr (February 27)
• Alexander, the Martyr (March 9)
• Alexander, the Martyr (March 14)
• Alexander, Pope of Rome (March 16)
• Alexander, the Martyr from Pidni (March 14) Gr. ο εν Πίδνη
• Alexander, the Martyr (April 1)
• Alexander, the Martyr (A) (April 10)
• Alexander, the Martyr (B) (April 10)
• Alexander, Priest-Martyr (May 13)
• Alexander, the Martyr (A) (May 14)
• Alexander, the Martyr (B) (May 14)
• Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem (May 16)
• Alexander, the Martyr (May 20)
• Alexander of Thessaloniki the New-Martyr (May 26)
• Alexander, Bishop of Thessaloniki (May 28 and final Sunday after Easter)
• Alexander, Priest-Martyr and Bishop of Prousa (June 9)
• Alexander, the Martyr (June 10)
• Alexander the Doctor, Martyr (July 25), see also St. Saktos (Gr. Σάκτος)
• Alexander, the Martyr (August 1)
• Alexander of Ikonio (August 21), Gr. εν Ίκονίω
• Alexander of Svir (August 30)
• Alexander, the Martyr (A) (September 28)
• Alexander, the Martyr (B) (September 28)
• Alexander the Bishop, Priest-Martyr (October 22)
• Alexander, the Martyr (October 30)
• Alexander, the Martyr from Thessaloniki (November 7)
• Alexander, Bishop of Mithimna (November 30)
• Alexander, the Martyr (November 24)
• Alexander Hotovitzky (December 4)
• Alexander, Priest-Martyr and Archbishop of Jerusalem (December 12)
• Alexander, Virgin-Martyr (December 17 and July 9)
• Alexander (December 29), see also the Bio of St. Markellos.

Personalități

Regi și împărați

În Evul Mediu

• Alexander, Byzantine Emperor (912–913)
• Alexander I of Scotland (c. 1078–1124)
• Alexander II of Scotland (1198–1249)
• Alexander Nevsky (1220–1263), Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir
• Alexander III of Scotland (1241–1286)
• Nicolae Alexandru, domn al Țării Românești (secolul al XIV-lea)
• Alexandru cel Bun, domn al Țării Românești (secolul al XV-lea)
• Alexander I of Georgia (1412–1442)
• Alexander II of Georgia (1483-1510)
• Aleksander (1338–before 1386), Prince of Podolia (son of Narymunt)
• Alexandru I Aldea, ruler of the principality of Wallachia (1431–1436)
• Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (1472–1494)
• Alexander Jagiellon (Alexander of Poland) (1461–1506), King of Poland
• Alexandru Lăpuşneanu, Voivode of Moldavia (1552–1561 and 1564–1568)

Alți prinți

• Alexander, Judean Prince, one of the sons of Herod the Great from his wife Mariamne
• Alexander, Judean Prince, son to the above Alexander and Cappadocian Princess Glaphyra
• Alexander (d. 1418), son of Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman
• Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), short-lived son of Edward VII
• Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942–2009)
• Prince Alexander of Sweden (b. 2016), son of Prince Carl Philip

Episcopi

Papi ai Romei

• Pope Alexander I (pope 97–105)
• Pope Alexander II (pope 1058–1061)
• Pope Alexander III (pope 1164–1168)
• Pope Alexander IV (pope 1243–1254)
• Pope Alexander V ("Peter Philarges" c. 1339–1410)
• Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), Roman pope
• Pope Alexander VII (1599–1667)
• Pope Alexander VIII (pope 1689–1691)

Episcopi copți

• St. Alexander of Alexandria, Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria between 313 and 328
• Pope Alexander II of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (702–729)

Alți episcopi

• Alexandru de Apamea, 5th-century bishop of Apamea, nestorian moderat
• Alexandru de Hierapolis, 5th-century bishop of Hierapolis (Siria), nestorian

Alte personalități

• Alexandru din Licopolis, 4th-century author of an early Christian treatise against Manicheans. Fotie cel Mare spune (Contra Manichaeos, i, 11) că ar fi fost episcop de Licopolis, dar Otto Bardenhewer opinează (Patrologie, 234) că ar fi fost păgân și platinician.
• Alexandru al Tomisului
• Aleksandr Soljenițîn, scriitor rus
• Alexandru Duțu, istoric român
• Alexandru Pesamosca, medic român

Surse

• en.orthodoxwiki.org
• wikipedia.org
• Xavier Léon-Dufour, Dictionnaire du Nouveau Testament, Ed. du Seuil, Paris, 1975