Alexius

(Ἀλέξιος Ἀριστηνός), Oeconomus of the Great Church at Constantinople, flourished A. D. 1166, in which year he was present at the Council of Constantinople. He edited a Synopsis Canonum with scholia, which is given by Bishop Beveridge in his Pandectae Canonum, Oxon. 1672, fol. vol. ii. post pag. 188, and vol. i. p. 1, &c. Other works by him are quoted. See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xi. p. 280. [A.J.C]

(Ἀλέξιος), Patriarch of Constantinople, a member of the monastery of Studius (founded A. D. 460), succeeded Eustathius as Patriarch A. D. 1025. In A. D. 1034 he crowned Michael IV. the favourite of Zoe, who, to make way for him, procured the death of her husband, the Emperor Romanus. He thwarted the attempts of John (the emperor's brother) to gain the patriarchal see (A. D. 1036), and died A. D. 1043. Decrees of his are extant, ap. Jus Gr. Rom. vol. i. lib. iv. p. 250, Leunclav. Francof. 1596. See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xi. p. 558. [A.J.C]

(Ἀλέξιος), Metropolitan of Nicaea, composed a Canon or Hymn on St. Demetrius the Martyr. It is uncertain when he lived. The canon is in manuscript. See Lambecius, Biblioth. Vindobon. vol. v. p. 599, ed. Kollar. [A.J.C]