Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Pierius of Alexandria

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. after 3091 work in the Library →

Who

Presbyter and head of the catechetical school of Alexandria, called "the younger Origen" for his learning and his ascetic life. Jerome read his homilies, and Pamphilus of Caesarea was his pupil. Only a few fragments of his writings survive.

Contents

Quoted in

Fathers and saints 3Fragments §1FragmentsFragments §2Pierius of AlexandriaFathers and saints · 3 links