Catechetical School of Alexandria
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The Catechetical School of Alexandria (founded c.a. 190) was a place for the training of Christian theologians and priests. The teachers and students of the school (also known as the Didascalium)were influential in many of the early theological controversies of the Christian church.
The earliest recorded instructor at the School, and the probable founder, was Saint Pantaenus. He was succeeded as head of the school by his student Saint Clement.
Other notable theologians with a connection to the school include Origen, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Athenagoras, Heraclas, Dionysius "the Great", and Didymus the Blind. Others, including Jerome and Basil, made trips to the School to interact with the scholars there.
