Athanasius of Alexandria
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Patriarch of Alexandria
Why Is Athanasius of Alexandria Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 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 pope of Alexandria . His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years , 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 defender of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century.
