CHAPTER XXVI

HERACLAS SUCCEEDS TO THE EPISCOPATE OF ALEXANDRIA

BUT this was the tenth year of the above-mentioned reign (of Alexander), in which Origen, after removing from Alexandria to Cæsarea, left his school for catechetical instruction there in the charge of Heraclas. But ere long Demetrius, the bishop of the church of Alexandria, died, having performed the duties of the office, upon the whole, forty-three years. He was succeeded by Heraclas. About this time also flourished Firmilianus bishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia.