These three were bishops of Constantinople prior to 381 when the See was officially recognised as a Patriarchate. Alexander attended the council of Nicea in AD 325, and witnessed the most unfortunate death of Arius (from a severe, haemorragic prolapse) which is attributed as an answer to Alexander’s prayer the day before to prevent Arius’ meeting, and being re-united to the communion. This tale by the way is recorded in Socrates’ Church History. Alexander was bishop of Constantinople AD325-337
Paul the Confessor is commemorated on Nov. 6 so you’ll have to wait until then for his story.
John Scholasticus (so called because he was a trained lawyer) was from Antioch and was made Archbishop of Constantinople during the reign of Justinian from AD687-693.
One thing we’re doing with this project is thinning out the saints who have multiple commemorations. Paul for example is commemorated twice, but Alexander and John Scholasticus only today. Effectively this opens up space for “newer” saints – and a wider variety of them. The fact is – we cannot know the names of all the saints, and it would drive us all totally nutty to try! What we can do however, is be selective about the ones we commemorate as a part of the cult cycle.
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