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Born c.293 • Alexandria • Egypt
Died May 2, 373 • Alexandria • Egypt
Subjects Of Study Christology • history of early Christianity
Role In Council of Sardica • Synod of Alexandria

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St. Athanasius, detail of a 12th-century mosaic; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Italy
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Melito of Sardis
Greek bishop
Origen
Christian theologian
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Christian theologian
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Cyprian
Christian theologian and bishop [died 258]
St. Basil, detail of a mosaic, 12th century; in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
St. Basil the Great
bishop of Caesarea
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
Byzantine theologian
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
St. Irenaeus
bishop of Lyon
St. Justin Martyr
Christian apologist
Theodore Of Mopsuestia
Syrian theologian
Nemesius Of Emesa
Christian bishop and philosopher
Saint Ephraem Syrus
Christian theologian
Sulpicius Severus
Christian ascetic
Macarius the Egyptian
Egyptian monk
Saint Sarapion
Egyptian monk
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist

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