 Origen became the master of many great saints and scholars, one of the most celebrated being St. Gregory Thaumaturgus; he was known as the "" on account of his incessant application to study, writing, lecturing, and works of piety.He frequently kept seven amanuenses actively employed; it was said he became the author of 6000 works (Epiphanius, Hær., lxiv, 63); according to St. Jerome, who reduced the number to 2000 (Contra.Rufin., ii, 22), he left more writings than any man could read in a lifetime (Ep.