Clement of Alexandria

Clement, who was probably born in Athens of pagan parents, came to Alexandria c. 180 on his educational pilgrimage (Strom. 1.1.11.1–2). There he attended the lectures of the Christian Pantaenus, and succeeded him as leader of the school. In 202–3, during the persecution of Septimius Severus, he fled Alexandria, and joined his friend Alexander in either Cappadocia or Jerusalem. Clement died in exile, some time before 215 (Eusebius, HE 6.11; 6.14.8).

Ronald E. Heine, “The Alexandrians,” in The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature, ed. Frances Young, Lewis Ayres, and Andrew Louth (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 117.