fl. 412–415 CE · prefect of Egypt
Orestes
Known · AttestedWorked in Alexandria.
In Alexandria: 412–415 CE
The imperial prefect whose feud with Bishop Cyril was the setting of Hypatia's murder in 415. Socrates says she was suspected of standing between them.
Our device: Their emblem is a prefect's seal. No portrait of any of these people survives. The emblems are our devices.
Moments
- March 415 CE · The murder of Hypatia Known: attested
In the show
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Sources
- Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History 7.13–15