Athanasius Magnus

Eventa vitae

  1. ordained — 319

    Ordained deacon by Bishop Alexander of Alexandria; as secretary drafted responses to Arius.

  2. council — 325

    Attended First Ecumenical Council as deacon; principal theological author of the Nicene response to Arianism.

  3. consecrated — 328

    Consecrated Patriarch of Alexandria at age ~33, succeeding Alexander.

  4. exiled — 335

    First exile (335–337). Exiled by Constantine after Synod of Tyre to Trier in Gaul.

  5. exiled — 339

    Second exile (339–346). Exiled to Rome; held synod with Pope Julius I vindicating his orthodoxy.

  6. exiled — 356

    Third exile (356–361). Hid among desert monks for six years when Constantius II's troops raided the church.

  7. exiled — 362

    Fourth exile (362–364) under Julian the Apostate.

  8. exiled — 365

    Fifth exile (365–366) under Valens; briefly hidden in his father's tomb in Alexandria.

  9. died — 373

    Died on his episcopal throne after 45 years as bishop, 17 of them in exile.

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corresponded_with Basil the Great corresponded_with translated_relics_of Anthony the Great translated_relics_of corresponded_with Basilius Magnus Basilius Magnus translated_relics_of Antonius Magnus Antonius Magnus Athanasius Magnus