Name
Leonides, father of Origen and martyr of Alexandria
Saint ID
S00939
Reported Death Not Before
200
Reported Death Not After
210
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01853 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.1-4), mentions the martyrdoms in early 3rd century Alexandria (Egypt) of *Leonides (father of Origen and martyr of Alexandria, S00939), and of Origen's pupils *Ploutarchos, Serenos, Herakleides, Heron, another Serenos, Herais (all pupils of Origen and martyrs of Alexandria,S00940), and *Basileides (martyr of Alexandria associated with Potamiaina, S00945). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E04865 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 28 June. |
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