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*201 [[Clement of Alexandria|Alexandria]] leaves city to avoid persecution of Septimius Severus.
:''Christian thinkers try to harmonise philosopy and scripture with possible influences from Indian Buddhism.''
*202 Great Martyr [[Haralampus of Magnesia|Haralampus]], Bp. of [[w:Magnesia|Magnesia]], [[february 10]]; [[Leonides of Alexandria]], father of [[Origen]]
*209 ''c,'' [[Alban]], first martyr of Britain in Verulamium, [[June 17]].
*211 [[Serapion of Antioch]], Patriarch of Antioch [[October 30]].
*212 Deaths of [[Felix, Fortunatus and Achilleus]]; [[Ferreolus and Ferrutio]]; [[Mavilus of Adrumetum]], killed by wild beasts; ''c,'' [[Narcissus of Jerusalem]], Patriarch of Jerusalem. {{citation}}:''"[[Hexapla]]" commenced by [[Origen]].
*215 Death of ''c,-217'' [[Clement of Alexandria]]; [[Apostle Narcissus|Narcissus]], bishop of Jerusalem/Athens {{citation}} [[October 31]].
*217 Death of [[Zephyrinus]], Bp. of Rome [[December 20]].
*225 Death of [[Tertullian]].
*228 Death of [[Martina of Rome]].
*230 **[[Tatiana of Rome]] and her father, beheaded in Rome [[January 12]]; Cecelia; **[[Thespesius of Cappadocia]], [[June 1]]; **[[Urban I of Rome|Urban I]], Bp. of Rome [[May 25]].**''Bishop Demetrius condemns Origen and expels him from priesthood and from Egypt.''
*231 Death of [[Demetrius of Alexandria]].
*232 Death of [[Calepodius]].
** ''First report that [[Paul of Thebes]] fed daily by ravens;''
** ''Plotinus dies; Claudius II dies of plague''
*275 [[Mamas of Caesarea]], martyred at the age of 15, along with his parents Theodotus and Rufinaon [[September 2]].
''Aurelian murdered.''
*286 Martyrs [[Timothy and Mavra]].
*287 [[Maurice]], [[October 5]].
*290 [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions|Anastasia the ''Pharmakolitria'']] martyred by fire in Sirmium, [[December 22]].
*295 [[Susanna the Virgin]] <ref>"At Rome, commemoration of Saint Susanna, in whose name, which was mentioned among the martyrs in ancient lists, the basilica of the titular church of Gaius at the Baths of Diocletian was dedicated to God in the sixth century." ''Martyrologium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)</ref> beheaded at the command of Diocletian, [[August 11]].
*296 [[Susanna the Virgin|Gaius]] Bp. of Rome, Presbyter [[Susanna the Virgin|Gabinus]] and [[Susanna the Virgin|Maximus the brother of Gabinus]] <ref>There relics are venerated in the non-Orthodox Holy Trinity church in Lyon, France.</ref> beheaded [[August 11]]
:''Athanasius born.''
*298 [[Karterios]], [[January 8]]; Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia [[August 16]].
* Hieromartyr Therapon, Bp. of Cyprus, [[May 25]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Diocletian.
* Sozon of Cilicia, d. [[September 7]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Emperor Maximian.