School of Alexandriawriter
Who he was
- Among the very eminent men who flourished near his own time, Eusebius mentions Pierius as, a presbyter of Alexandria and speaks of him as greatly renowned for his voluntary poverty, his skill in the exposition of Scripture and in discoursing to the public assemblies of the Church (Hist. Eccl., vii. 32).
- He suffered during the persecution of Diocletian.
- Jerome called him “Origen Junior”. According to Photius, he shared in some of the errors of Origen, on some subjects, especially the doctrine of the Holy Spirit and thepre-existence of souls.
What he wrote
- He wrote several treatises extant in St. Jerome’s time.
- On the Prophet Hosea: A homily which he recited on Easter Eve, wherein he noticed that the people continued in church on Easter Eve till after midnight.
- Logio(concerning the Logos).
- On the Gospel of St. Luke.
- On the Mother of God.
- The Life of St. Pamphilus, martyred 309.
- Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians.