Saint Alexandra of Rome (Η Αγία Αλεξάνδρα) is a hand-painted Greek Orthodox Byzantine icon, entirely hand-made on canvas with crocus, set in a gold leaf gilded background. It is in accord with the style, tradition, and criteria of the Macedonian school of Agio Oros (Mount Athos). Saint Alexandra was the reputed wife of Emperor Diocletian and was secretly converted to Christianity. Jacobus de Voragine listing her name as “Alexandria” describes her as the wife of Dacian the Roman Prefect who persecuted Saint Caprasius of Agen and Saint Magnus. While Saint George was being tortured, Alexandra went to the arena, bowed before him, and professed her faith openly. When she questioned whether she was worthy of paradise and of martyrdom without being baptized, Saint George told her “Do not fear, for your blood will baptize you.” She was denounced as a Christian and imprisoned on her husband’s orders in Nicomedia, then sentenced to death. Alexandra quietly accepted her sentence and prayed as the guards walked her to the place of execution. She asked if she could rest for a moment. The guards allowed this. She rested by the place of Saint George’s execution at Nicomedia’s City Wall. Her feast day is usually celebrated on April 23.
 
Materials: Surface: Wood & hardboard
Width: 6.5 inches
Height: 9 inches
Depth: 1 inches