Pantaenus

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Church Fatherd. c. 200

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Stoic philosopher turned Christian, the first known head of the catechetical school of Alexandria and, Eusebius says, a missionary to India (Church History V.10). Clement of Alexandria was his pupil and called him the Sicilian bee.

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Disciples: Clement of Alexandriac. 150–c. 215
Eusebius, Church History V.11 and VI.13; Clement, Stromata I.1

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