Biography
Alexander of Fiesole
About Alexander of Fiesole
Alexander was bishop of Fiesole in the early ninth century. Treccani recounts that he traveled to Lothair at Pavia to recover church property taken by local nobles. On the return journey, opponents drowned him in the Reno near Bologna.
The encyclopedia places his death probably between 823 and 826. He is venerated as a martyr and patron of the diocese, with a feast on June 6.
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