Heraclides of Alexandria

When did Heraclides die?

Heraclides of Alexandria is dated d. c. AD 202 (beheaded) in the archive, which places Heraclides in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Heraclides?

Heraclides of Alexandria is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Heraclides from?

The archive associates Heraclides of Alexandria with Alexandria.

Who were Heraclides’ contemporaries?

The archive links Heraclides of Alexandria to 2 other figures, including Origen of Alexandria and Hero of Alexandria. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

The third martyr from the same school was Heraclides, and after him the fourth was Hero; the former of these was as yet a catechumen, and the latter had but recently been baptized. Both were beheaded.