Alexander of Apamea

Alexander (Gr. polytonic|Ἀλέξανδρος) was a bishop of Apamea in Syria in the 5th century. He was one of a number of moderate Eastern bishops during the Nestorian controversy, and one of the eight bishops deputed by the party of John of Antioch to the Emperor Theodosius II. [ [http://home.newadvent.org/cathen/01285b.htm Alexander (early bishops)] in the Catholic Encyclopedia] Alexander was sent with his namesake, Alexander of Hierapolis, by John of Antioch to the Council of Ephesus in 431.cite encyclopedia | last = Christie | first = Albany James | authorlink = | title = Alexander | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 112 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0121.html ] The Alexanders brought word that John had not yet arrived in Ephesus and that the council should start without him. [ [http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3810.htm The Council of Ephesus] in the Catholic Encyclopedia]

A letter by him is extant in Latin in the "Nova Collectio Conciliorum" of Étienne Baluze, p. 834. c. 132. fol, Paris, 1683.

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