Alexander the Great

Also known as: Alexander
Dates: 356–323 BC
Role: King of Macedon, conqueror

King of Macedon and conqueror. Lacordaire asks: "What is Alexander or Caesar before Jesus Christ?"

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — Lacordaire asks: "What is Alexander or Caesar before Jesus Christ?"
"What is Alexander or Caesar before Jesus Christ?"

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

II. The Richness of the Old Testament — After defeating Darius, refused to look upon captive wife and daughters; contrasted with Joseph's chastity
"They praise the continence of Alexander, who after defeating Darius"
II. The Richness of the Old Testament — Listed among praised military leaders
"Julius Caesar, Pompey, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Hannibal, and Alexander"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

Sacred Chronology — His death preceded the Seleucid era by 12 years
"which begin after the death of Alexander the Great in the twelfth year"