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The Christian theologian and scholar Origen died in Tyre, Phoenicia (modern-day į¹¢Å«r, Lebanon), around 254 CE. Although he had been imprisoned and tortured during the persecution under the emperor Decius in 250 CE, he survived those events and passed away several years later. His tomb in Tyre was held in honor for many years, with its existence noted by historians through the period of the Crusades.12