Catholic Encyclopedia: Alexander (Name of Seven Men)

 (1) ALEXANDER THE GREAT  King of Macedon, 336-323 B. c. He is mentioned in 1
Mach., i, 1-10; vi, 2. He is also supposed to be spoken of in Dan., ii,39;  vii, 6; viii,5-7; xi
3,4.

 (2) ALEXANDER BALAS  Eleventh King of Syria, 150-145 B. C. His struggle for  the
throne, his promises to Jonathan, his pro-Jewish policy may be learned  from I Mach., x,
1-89. He was vanquished by his father-in-law, Ptolemy  Philometor of Egypt, and Syria
thus passed into the hands of Demetrius II (1  Mach., xi, 1-19).

 (3) ALEXANDER  A son of Simon of Cyrene mentioned by St. Mark (xv, 21) who
carried the Cross after Jesus.

 (4) ALEXANDER  A member of the court that tried Peter and John (Acts,  iv, 6); some
identify him with Alexander Lysimachus the brother of Philo and  friend of Claudius
before he ascended the throne.

 (5) ALEXANDER  A Jew or a Jewish Christian (Acts, xix, 33,34) who attempted  to
defend St. Paul in his Ephesian difficulty- some identify him with the son  of Simon of
Cyrene.

 (6) ALEXANDER  An Ephesian Christian who apostatized (1 Tim., i, 20), and  who
together with Hymeneus was delivered up to Satan by the Apostles.

 (7) ALEXANDER  A coppersmith of Ephesus (2 Tim., iv, 14,15), who did much  evil to
St. Paul some identify him with the Alexander mentioned under the  preceding
number.

A. J. MAAS

Transcribed by Gerard Haffner


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