Jerome, Illustrious Men 54.22-31
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Caesareae

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Jerome, Illustrious Men 54.22-31. This passage was written ca. 392-393 C.E. possibly in Bethlehem. Among his many works, St. Jerome wrote a catalog of renowned thinkers of the Roman world during the first years after his move from Rome to Bethlehem. In mostly brief sketches he describes the intellectual achievements, particularly writings, of 135 men, many leaders in the early Church. In his life of Origen, he discusses Origen’s interactions with the Cappadocian Church and the Imperial family from his base at Caesarea in the 230s C.E.

Quantae autem gloriae fuerit, hinc apparet, quod Firmillianus, Caesareae episcopus, cum omni Cappadocia eum invitavit et diu tenuit et postea sub occasione sanctorum locorum Palestinam veniens diu Caesareae ab eo in sanctis scripturis eruditus est; sed et illud quod ad Mameam, matrem Alexandri imperatoris, religiosam feminam rogatus venit Antiochiam et summo honore habitus est, et ad Philippum imperatorem, qui primus de regibus Romanis Christianus fuit, et ad matrem eius litteras fecit quae usque hodie extant.

[Ed. Bernoulli 1895]

One can see how great Origen’s glory was from the fact that Firmillian, bishop of Caesarea, with all the Cappadocian bishops invited and hosted him for a long stay; and later, when (Firmillian) was travelling to Palestine to visit the Holy Places, he received instruction on the Holy Scriptures from Origen for a long time at Caesarea. But there is also the fact that (Origen) went to Antioch at the request of Mamea, mother of the emperor Alexander and a woman of religious devotion, and he was treated with the highest regard. And he sent letters to the emperor Philip, who was the first Christian among the Roman rulers, and to his mother, letters which still exist today.

[Adapted from Schaff 1892 and Halton 1999]

Works Cited

[...] 33 22-31
[...] 78 54.5

[Eusebius, Church History

Suda ω 182.39-41]

[Antioch

Cappadocia

Palestine]

[Firmillianus, bishop

Julia Mammaea

Philip the Arab, emperor

Severus Alexander, emperor]

[Christian Bible

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Education (sacred)

Government and Law

Pilgrimage

Roman History

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