ST. ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM AND MARTYR, ST. UBALD, BISHOP OF GUBBIO May 16

ST. ALEXANDER, BISHOP OF JERUSALEM AND MARTYR

St. Alexander, Bishop and Martyr. Alexander was a student with Origen at the famous Christian school of Alexandria in the late second century. He became bishop of Cappadocia and during the persecution of Severus was imprisoned for several years (204-211). May 16

ST. UBALD, BISHOP OF GUBBIO

Ubald was ordained, was named deacon of the cathedral, reformed the canons, and then left a few years later to become a hermit. Dissuaded from the eremitical ... Ubald Baldassini was born of a noble family in Gubbio Italy, was orphaned in his youth, and was educated by his uncle, the Bishop of Gubbio. May 16