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Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I–X
NPNF historical edition · Translated text
Book VI — Chapter IV — The pupils of Origen that became Martyrs.
Chapter IV.—The pupils of Origen that became Martyrs.
1. The first of these was Plutarch, who was mentioned just above. Edition note 1 As he was led to death, the man of whom we are speaking being with him at the end of his life, came near being slain by his fellow-citizens, as if he were the cause of his death. But the providence of God preserved him at this time also.
2. After Plutarch, the second martyr among the pupils of Origen was Serenus, Edition note 2 who gave through fire a proof of the faith which he had received.
3. The third martyr from the same school was Heraclides, Edition note 3 and after him the fourth was Hero. Edition note 4 The former of these was as yet a catechumen, and the latter had but recently been baptized. Both of them were beheaded. After them, the fifth from the same school proclaimed as an athlete of piety was another Serenus, who, it is reported, was beheaded, after a long endurance of tortures. And of women, Herais Edition note 5 died while yet a catechumen, receiving baptism by fire, as Origen himself somewhere says.
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