Alexander of Bergamo [SEP] canonization status
Alexander of Bergamo
Saint Alexander of Bergamo (died c. 303) is the patron saint of Bergamo, as well as Capriate San Gervasio and Cervignano d'Adda. Alexander may simply have been a Roman soldier or resident of Bergamo who was tortured and killed for not renouncing his Christian faith. Details of his life are uncertain, but subsequent Christian stories consider him a centurion of the Theban Legion commanded by Saint Maurice.
Legend.
Prior to the commencement of the Diocletian in 303, both Galerius and Maximian in the West inaugurated
San Bernardino in Pignolo, Bergamo
San Bernardino in Pignolo is a Roman Catholic church located on Via Pignolo #59, in Bergamo, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History.
San Bernardino of Siena had come to Bergamo in 1411 and founded the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Bergamo. On occasion of his canonization in 1450, this church was commissioned, and it is documented since 1460s, affiliated with a Confraternity of Flagellants, but not completed till 1561. It was assigned to the order of Dominicans but