school
Catechetical School of Alexandria
180–400
attested. Attested by Eusebius, but how formal and continuous a 'school' it was is debated; many see a series of teachers rather than an institution.
Eusebius describes a 'school of sacred learning' at Alexandria led by Pantaenus, then Clement and Origen, joining instruction of converts with philosophy and Bible scholarship. Its line of teachers continued to Didymus the Blind.
Place: Alexandria · On the map
People
- Pantaenus (first known head, c. 180)
- Clement of Alexandria
- Origen (head from c. 203)
- Heraclas
- Dionysius
- Didymus the Blind (4th c.)
Manuscripts made here
Clement's Protrepticus, Paedagogus and Stromata
Kept now: Protrepticus and Paedagogus chiefly in Paris, BnF gr. 451 (Arethas codex, 914)
Origen's commentaries and On First Principles
Kept now: Greek mostly lost; Rufinus's Latin survives