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Chapter II.—Of the Sedition excited at Alexandria, and how
George was slain.  It is now proper to mention what took place
in the churches under the same [emperor]. A great disturbance
occurred at Alexandria in consequence of the following
circumstance. There was a place in that city which had long been
abandoned to neglect and filth, wherein the pagans had formerly
celebrated their mysteries, and sacrificed human beings to
Mithra.466466    The friendly or propitious divinity of the
Persian theology; hence identified with the light and life-
giving sun. This being empty and otherwise useless, Constantius
had granted to the church of the Alexandrians; and George
wishing to erect a church on the site of it, gave directions
that the place should be cleansed. In the process of clearing
it, an adytum467467    The secret or innermost sanctuary of the
temple, where none but priests were permitted to enter;
afterwards applied to any secret place. of vast de