Hero

Holy Martyr Hero was a neophyte of Alexandria, a disciple of Origen, who confessed the faith and died a martyr in the persecution of Septimius Severus, around the year 202.

He is one of the Alexandrian martyrs of that persecution, among whom are several disciples of Origen: Plutarch, Serenus, Heraclides, Hero, Rhais, Potamiaena and Marcella. Hero had only recently been baptized when he received the crown of martyrdom. He is commemorated on 28 June in the Western calendar. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured without synodal canonization.