About: Alexander of Comana     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : umbel-rc:Saint, within Data Space : dbpedia.org associated with source document(s)
QRcode icon
http://dbpedia.org/describe/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FAlexander_of_Comana

Saint Alexander of Comana (died c. 251), known as "the charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana in Pontus. Whether he was the first to occupy that see is unknown. The saint's curious name comes from the fact that he had, out of humility, taken up the work of burning charcoal, so as to escape worldly honors. He was noted for being exceptionally dirty in consequence. Alexander would have been unknown were it not for a discourse by St. Gregory of Nyssa, on the life of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, in which the election of Alexander is incidentally described.

AttributesValues
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Alexandre el Carboner (ca)
  • Alexander Carbonarius (de)
  • Αλέξανδρος Κομάνων (el)
  • Alexander of Comana (en)
  • Alejandro Carbonero (es)
  • Alexandre de Comana (fr)
  • Alessandro di Comana (it)
  • Alexander (heilige) (nl)
  • Alexander av Comana (sv)
  • Александр Команський (uk)
rdfs:comment
  • Alexander Carbonarius, auch Alexander von Comana, Alexander der Köhler (lat. carbonarius), († um 250 oder um 272) war Köhler, später war er Bischof des antiken Bistums Komana mit Sitz in Komana Pontika in der Nähe der heutigen türkischen Stadt Tokat. Das Bistum existiert heute noch als Titularbistum Comana Pontica. Alexander wird in der römisch-katholischen und in der orthodoxen Kirche als Heiliger verehrt. (de)
  • Alejandro Carbonero o de Comana, en latín Alexander Carbonarius (Comana Pontica, actual Turquía, finales del siglo II - ca. 251) fue un obispo del Asia Menor. Su profesión era carbonero. Es venerado como santo por diversas confesiones cristianas. (es)
  • Alexandre de Comana ou Alexandre le Charbonnier (IIe ou IIIe siècle, † entre 233 et 251), était charbonnier puis évêque de Comana dans le Pont, martyr sous l'empereur Dèce, voire Aurélien ; célébré le 11 août par les catholiques, et le 12 août par les orthodoxes. (fr)
  • Alessandro di Comana, detto anche il Carbonaio (III secolo – 270), è stato un vescovo greco antico anatolico. (it)
  • Alexander av Comana, även kallas Alexander kolmilaren eller på latin Alexander Carbonarius, död cirka 275 är ett helgon och en av de martyrer som led martyrdöden under romerska kejsarern Diocletianus. Han vördas av både romersk-katolska kyrkan och de ortodoxa kyrkorna. Hans helgondag är 11 respektive 12 augusti. (sv)
  • Александр Команський, також відомий як Вугільник (III ст. — 270) - давньогрецький анатолійський єпископ. (uk)
  • Alexandre el Carboner o de Comana (Comana del Pont, Turquia, final del segle ii - ca. 251) fou un bisbe a l'Àsia Menor. Era de professió carboner. És venerat com a sant per diverses confessions cristianes. Només és conegut per la referència que hi fa Gregori de Nissa en un sermó dedicat a Gregori Taumaturg. És venerat com a sant, amb festa litúrgica l'11 d'agost. (ca)
  • Ο Άγιος Αλέξανδρος (πέθανε γύρω στο 251), γνωστός ως «καρβουνιάρης», ήταν επίσκοπος της πόλης Κόμανα του Πόντου. Είναι άγνωστο αν ήταν ο πρώτος που κατέλαβε αυτή τη θέση. Το προσωνύμιο του αγίου προέρχεται από το γεγονός ότι από ταπεινοφροσύνη είχε αναλάβει το έργο της καύσης κάρβουνου, αρνούμενος τις εγκόσμιες απολαύσεις. Παρουσίαζε μια εξαιρετικά βρώμικη εμφάνιση από την καπνιά και ήταν ρακένδυτος. Η γιορτή του τιμάται στις 11 Αυγούστου από τους Ρωμαιοκαθολικούς και στις 12 Αυγούστου από τους Ορθόδοξους Χριστιανούς. (el)
  • Saint Alexander of Comana (died c. 251), known as "the charcoal burner", was Bishop of Comana in Pontus. Whether he was the first to occupy that see is unknown. The saint's curious name comes from the fact that he had, out of humility, taken up the work of burning charcoal, so as to escape worldly honors. He was noted for being exceptionally dirty in consequence. Alexander would have been unknown were it not for a discourse by St. Gregory of Nyssa, on the life of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, in which the election of Alexander is incidentally described. (en)
  • De heilige Alexander van Comana Pontica of Alexander de Kolenhandelaar (3e eeuw) was een bisschop die leefde in de Romeinse provincie Pontus, vandaag de Turkse kuststreek Karadeniz Bölgesi aan de Zwarte Zee. Op een dag dienden de stadsbewoners van Comana in Pontus, een bisschop te kiezen. Comana was een bisschopsstad gelegen aan de Iris. De notabelen in Comana verdrongen zich voor de aartsbisschop van Neocesarea in Ponto op missie in Comana. Bisschop Alexander zou later vermoord worden, wanneer de Romeinse keizer Decius de christenen in Klein-Azië vervolgde. (nl)
foaf:name
  • Saint Alexander of Comana (en)
name
  • Saint Alexander of Comana (en)
foaf:depiction
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexandercarbonarius.png
death place
death place
  • (en)
  • Comana in Pontus (en)
dct:subject
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Faceted Search & Find service v1.17_git145 as of Aug 30 2024


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 08.03.3331 as of Sep 2 2024, on Linux (x86_64-generic-linux-glibc212), Single-Server Edition (378 GB total memory, 59 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software