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Leonides of Alexandria
Birth: unknown
Death: unknown
Nickname: Father of Origen
RelationshipsChildrenAdamantius, Origen
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"St. Leonides of Alexandria (Greek: Λεωνίδης) was a Christian martyr of the 2nd century AD. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen. In the same passage Eusebius tells us that Leonides was martyred during the persecution of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in the year 202 AD.
Condemned to death by the Egyptian prefect Lactus, he was beheaded, and his property seized. Name of Leonides' wife is unknown, but she bore at least six children after Origen.
Porphyry, a Neoplatonist, claims Origen's parents were pagans.
Leonides catechized his children well. Origen attempted to follow his father in martyrdom, but he was detained by his mother - she hid his clothes so that Origen couldn't leave the house."
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Biography: "St. Leonides of Alexandria (Greek: Λεωνίδης) was a Christian martyr of the 2nd century AD. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen. In the same passage Eusebius tells us that Leonides was martyred during the persecution of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in the year 202 AD.
Condemned to death by the Egyptian prefect Lactus, he was beheaded, and his property seized. Name of Leonides' wife is unknown, but she bore at least six children after Origen.
Porphyry, a Neoplatonist, claims Origen's parents were pagans.
Leonides catechized his children well. Origen attempted to follow his father in martyrdom, but he was detained by his mother - she hid his clothes so that Origen couldn't leave the house."Citation Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonides_of_Alexandria
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ChildrenAdamantius, Origen
Adamantius, Origen
Biography
"St. Leonides of Alexandria (Greek: Λεωνίδης) was a Christian martyr of the 2nd century AD. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen. In the same passage Eusebius tells us that Leonides was martyred during the persecution of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in the year 202 AD. Condemned to death by the Egyptian prefect Lactus, he was beheaded, and his property seized. Name of Leonides' wife is unknown, but she bore at least six children after Origen. Porphyry, a Neoplatonist, claims Origen's parents were pagans. Leonides catechized his children well. Origen attempted to follow his father in martyrdom, but he was detained by his mother - she hid his clothes so that Origen couldn't leave the house."
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"St. Leonides of Alexandria (Greek: Λεωνίδης) was a Christian martyr of the 2nd century AD. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen. In the same passage Eusebius tells us that Leonides was martyred during the persecution of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus in the year 202 AD.
Condemned to death by the Egyptian prefect Lactus, he was beheaded, and his property seized. Name of Leonides' wife is unknown, but she bore at least six children after Origen.
Porphyry, a Neoplatonist, claims Origen's parents were pagans.
Leonides catechized his children well. Origen attempted to follow his father in martyrdom, but he was detained by his mother - she hid his clothes so that Origen couldn't leave the house."
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonides_of_Alexandria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonides_of_Alexandria