Paphnutius of Thebes, also known as Paphnutius the Confessor, was a historical early Christian figure, said to be a disciple of Anthony the Great and a bishop of a city in the Upper Thebaid in the ear
Paphnutius of Egypt. Etching from the 16/17th century. Private Collection.
The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, also known as the First Ecumenical Council. It met from May
Paphnutius of Thebes
…of Anthony the Great and a bishop of a city in the Upper Thebaid in the early fourth century. He is accounted by some as a prominent member of the First Council of Nicaea which took place in 325. The name of his see is unknown. Paphnutius, an Egyptian, was a disciple of Saint Anthony the Great and later a bishop of a…
The Council of Nicaea, with Arius depicted as defeated by the council, written by Michael Damaskinos, 1591.
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381
A fresco depicting the First Council of Nicaea at the Vatican's Sistine Salon
A grafitti in Belgrade, Serbia, depicting apocryphal events at the First Council of Nicaea. The text reads "St. Nicholas at the council in Nicaea in the year 325 stops the great lie of the heretic Arius who convinced the people that Jesus Christ is not God".