Origen

Origen

male, deceased (254)
Christian, CatecheticalSchoolofAlexandria, Caesarea Maritima, platonic, universalist, greek…Alexandria
Origen (Greek: "Ōrigénēs", 185–ca. 254) was an early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished of the early fathers of the C...

Pantaenus

male
sicilian, Gospel of Matthew, Egyptian, preacher, greek, Christian…CatecheticalSchoolofAlexandria, Alexandria
Saint Pantaenus (d. ca. 216) was a Christian theologian who founded the Catechetical School of Alexandria in 190 c.e. This school is known as the...
Didymus The Blind

Didymus The Blind

male, deceased (398)
memory, Anti-gnosticism, Theologian, braille, Church Father, Catholic…Alexandria, CatecheticalSchoolofAlexandria, Macedonius I of Constantinople
Didymus (313-398), surnamed the Blind, was an ecclesiastical writer of Alexandria, likely born in year 313. Although he became blind at the age of...
Dioscorus Of Alexandria

Dioscorus OfAlexandria

male, deceased (454)
Catholic, Eutychian doctrine, Dioscorus I of Alexandria, Leo the Great, eastern orthodoxy, bishop…Second Council of Ephesus, Patriarch of Alexandria, Leo of Rome, Patriarchs of Alexandria, CatecheticalSchoolofAlexandria
Dioscorus I of Alexandria is considered a saint by the Coptic, Syriac, and other Oriental Orthodoxy churches. For most of the last fifteen...

Ambrose OfAlexandria

male, deceased (250)
confessor, Anti-gnosticism, Saint, Ancient Roman Christianity, Egyptian, gnostic…CatecheticalSchoolofAlexandria
Ambrose of Alexandria (d. ca. 250) was a friend of the Christian theologian Origen. Ambrose was attracted by Origen's fame as a teacher, and...

Heraclas OfAlexandria

male
Coptic Orthodox saint, 3rd century bishop, Patriarch of Alexandria, Synaxarion, Christianity in Egypt, Orthodox Church of Alexandria…Pope of Alexandria, Patriarchs of Alexandria, CatecheticalSchoolofAlexandria
Heraclas served as the thirteenth Pope of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria)...