A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Julia Mammea
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JULIA MAMMEA,
Mother of Alexander Severus, Emperor of Rome, in 222, was possessed of equal genius and courage. She educated her son very carefully for the throne, rendering him a man of virtue and sensibility. Severus thought so highly of his mother, that he consulted her in everything, and followed her advice. Julia having heard of Origen, sent for him, and is supposed to have been converted by him to Christianity. She was murdered, with her son, in Gaul, by the discontented soldiery, in 235.