Herais of Alexandria

When did Herais die?

Herais of Alexandria is dated d. c. AD 202 (burned) in the archive, which places Herais 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 Herais?

Herais 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 Herais from?

The archive associates Herais of Alexandria with Alexandria.

Who were Herais’ contemporaries?

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

And of the women, Herais, still a catechumen, received, as Origen himself somewhere says, the baptism by fire, and so ended her life.