ST ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF FERMO - 11 JANUARY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY

Saints celebrated on the 11th of January

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF FERMO 

Alexander, spelled in Greek Αλέξανδρος, i.e. "Defending the Men", "Helper". 

Saint Alexander was Bishop of Fermo in the district Ancona (Firmium in Piceno), where he also had been  born. 

HE WAS KILLED BY THE ENEMIES OF THE FAITH

Not far from that city, on the road that leads to the monastery of St Savinus, he was killed by the enemies of the Catholic faith.

HIS HOLY RELICS

His holy body rests in the cathedral there. The time when he lived and killed cannot be determined with certainty. His name is inserted in the Roman Martyrology on January 11.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, 1858)