Alexius of Nicaea

Alexius of Nicaea

Alexius (Ancient Greek: polytonic|Ἀλέξιος) was a metropolitan bishop of Nicaea who composed a Canon or Hymn about Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. It is uncertain when he lived. The canon is in manuscript. [Peter Lambeck, Biblioth. Vindobon. vol. v. p. 599, ed. Kollar.] [cite encyclopedia | last = Christie | first = Albany James | authorlink = | title = Alexius | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 131 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=144]

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