The next head of the school , after Herruclas , another famous pupil of Origen , was Dionysius of Alexandria , later sumamed the great . He occupied that post until he became patriarch (246-264) . His reign was so full of troubles that it is a wonder he had time to compose a number of theological works , in which he displayed an independent , but rather controversial . mind . He rejected the heretical innovations of Paul of Samosata , Bishop of Antioch and wealthy procurator of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra .
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