In March 415, a mob of Christians led by the church lector Peter, whom Socrates described as a fanatic, kidnapped Hypatia as she was returning home in a carriage. She was then dragged in front of the Church of the Caesareum and stripped. Her body was wounded and skinned alive with ostracons, shells and tiles. After the brutal murder, the woman's body was insulted by being cut into pieces and burned in a place called Kinaron.
