Alexandria

What this place is

• School or library — the catechetical school — Pantaenus, then Clement, then Origen put over it at eighteen, and Heraclas and Dionysius after him

Seat of

• Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line)
• Greek (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria

Who is recorded here

• Mariamne II birth · 100 BC
• Philo of Alexandria birth · 15 BC
• Philo of Alexandria death · AD 50
• Mark the Evangelist ministry · AD 62
• Mark the Evangelist death · AD 68
• Anianus of Alexandria death · AD 85
• Avilius of Alexandria death · AD 95
• Agrippinus of Alexandria birth · AD 100
• Anianus of Alexandria birth · AD 100
• Apollos birth · AD 100
• Avilius of Alexandria birth · AD 100
• Pope Celadion of Alexandria birth · AD 100
• Pope Markianos of Alexandria birth · AD 100
• Pope Kedron of Alexandria death · AD 106
• Basilides birth · AD 117
• Pope Primus of Alexandria death · AD 118
• Pope Demetrius of Alexandria birth · AD 127
• Pope Justus of Alexandria death · AD 129
• Pope Eumenes of Alexandria death · AD 141
• Pope Markianos of Alexandria death · AD 152
• Pope Celadion of Alexandria death · AD 166
• Ammonius Saccas birth · AD 175
• Agrippinus of Alexandria death · AD 178
• Origen birth · AD 185
• Pope Julian of Alexandria death · AD 188
• Pope Dionysius of Alexandria birth · AD 190
• Origen the Pagan birth · AD 200
• Pierius birth · AD 201
• Leonides of Alexandria death · AD 202
• Origen ministry · AD 203
• Pantaenus death · AD 216
• Pope Demetrius of Alexandria death · AD 231
• Heraclas of Alexandria burial · AD 248
• Ammonius Saccas death · AD 250
• Pope Alexandros of Alexandria birth · AD 250
• Pope Maximus of Alexandria birth · AD 250
• Pope Dionysius of Alexandria death · AD 264
• Pope Dionysius of Alexandria burial · AD 264
• Pope Maximus of Alexandria death · AD 282
• Pope Maximus of Alexandria burial · AD 282
• Catherine of Alexandria birth · AD 287
• Athanasius of Alexandria birth · AD 296
• Macarius of Alexandria birth · AD 297
• Peter of Alexandria birth · AD 300
• Pope Achillas of Alexandria birth · AD 300
• Pope Theonas of Alexandria burial · AD 300
• Anatolius of Constantinople birth · AD 301
• Catherine of Alexandria death · AD 305
• Peter of Alexandria death · AD 311
• Didymus the Blind birth · AD 313
• Pope Achillas of Alexandria burial · AD 313
• George of Cappadocia birth · AD 320
• Pope Alexandros of Alexandria death · AD 326
• Athanasius of Alexandria ministry · AD 328
• Athanasius of Alexandria ministry · AD 337
• Athanasius of Alexandria ministry · AD 346
• Frumentius travel · AD 347
• Maximus I of Constantinople birth · AD 350
• Hypatia birth · AD 360
• George of Cappadocia death · AD 361

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What happened here

• Mark founds the church of Alexandria AD 43
• Martyrdom of Mark AD 68
• Basilides teaches at Alexandria AD 130
• Pantaenus at the school in Alexandria AD 180
• Clement teaches at the school of Alexandria AD 190
• The martyrdom of Leonides at Alexandria AD 202
• Origen takes charge of the catechetical school AD 203
• The martyrdom of Catherine of Alexandria AD 305
• Arius disputes with his bishop AD 318
• Athanasius writes On the Incarnation AD 318
• Anthony comes down from the desert to Alexandria AD 338
• Didymus at the head of the catechetical school AD 345
• The thirty-ninth Festal Letter AD 367
• The destruction of the Serapeum at Alexandria AD 391
• Cyril takes the see of Alexandria AD 412
• The murder of Hypatia at Alexandria AD 415
• Fall of Alexandria AD 641

In art

• Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria — Giovanni Bellini (1500)

About the place

Alexandria is a major city in Egypt. Lying at the western edge of the Nile River Delta, it extends about 40 km (25 mi) along the country's northern coast. It is Egypt's principal seaport, the second largest city after Cairo, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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