Definition of St. Athanasius

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373).


Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Athanasius

Sri Lankan monetary unit
Sri Lankans
Srikakulam
Srimati
Srinagar
Sseses
St.-Bruno's-lily
St. Ambrose
St. Andrew
St. Andrew's Cross
St. Andrew's cross
St. Anselm
St. Anthony's cross
St. Anthony's crosses
St. Anthony's fire
St. Athanasius (current term)
St. Augustine
St. Baeda
St. Barbara's herb
St. Basil
St. Basil the Great
St. Beda
St. Bede
St. Benedict
St. Bernard
St. Bernards
St. Boniface
St. Bride
St. Bridget

Literary usage of St. Athanasius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Meagre references by St. Athanasius were our only source of information until important ... This we know from St. Athanasius, an authoritative witness. ..."

2. The Monks of the West, from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Aurélien Courson (1872)
"St. Athanasius, exiled, propagates the monastic order in the West and at Borne, where religious ... ST. Athanasius. — ST. MARTIN, soldier, monk, and bishop. ..."

3. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1857)
"Through Con- stans, a general council of three hundred and eighty bishops was summoned at Sar- dica (347), to which St. Athanasius was admitted. ..."

4. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"The city belongs to the Venetian state, and is inclosed round about with very strong walls and ramparts. BRIEF NOTES ox THE CREED OF St. Athanasius. ..."

5. Journal of Theological Studies (1902)
"ON SOME MSS OF THE WRITINGS OF St. Athanasius : PART I. SOME years ago I examined the texts of Athanasius' De Incarnatione Verbi in all the MSS in which I ..."

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