Athanasius of Alexandria
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Athanasius I of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alex
Mosaic in the Pammakaristos Church, late 13th–early 14th century
A statue of Athanasius in Catania, Sicily
St. Athanasius (1883–84), by Carl Rohl-Smith, Frederik's Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
Icon of Saint Athanasios, Antivouniotissa Museum, Kerkyra
Church Fathers
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The Church Fathers, Early Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, or Fathers of the Church were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers who established the intellectual and doctrinal foun
Athanasius of Alexandria
…June 328 – 2 May 373), of which over 17 encompassed five exiles, when he was replaced on the order of four different Roman emperors. Athanasius was a Church Father, the chief proponent of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century. Conflict with Arius and Arianism…
The Church Fathers, an 11th-century Kievan Rus' miniature from Svyatoslav's miscellany
The Three Holy Hierarchs of the Eastern Church: Basil of Caesarea (left), John Chrysostom (center) and Gregory of Nazianzus (right)
St. Athanasius, depicted with a gospel book, an iconographic symbol used mostly for priests and bishops as preachers of the gospel
The four Great Latin Fathers. From the left: Augustine of Hippo, Pope Gregory I, Jerome, and Ambrose.