Born
296
Died
373
Nationality
Egyptian
Events involving St. Athanasius (7)
296
ID: 4906
Birth of St. Athanasius in Alexandria - future Doctor of the Church and defender of divinity of Christ
ID: 4906
328
ID: 4907
St. Athanasius becomes Patriarch of Alexandria - begins 45-year battle against Arianism
ID: 4907
335
ID: 5003
Council of Tyre - St. Athanasius condemned by Arian bishops, accused of violence and sacrilege
ID: 5003
343
ID: 5005
Council of Sardis - vindicates St. Athanasius and other orthodox bishops, affirms Roman primacy in appeals
ID: 5005
353
ID: 5006
Council of Arles - Emperor Constantius II forces bishops to condemn Athanasius, papal legates capitulate
ID: 5006
355
ID: 5007
Council of Milan - Pope Liberius exiled for refusing to condemn Athanasius, St. Hilary of Poitiers also exiled
ID: 5007
373
ID: 4908
May 2, 373
Death of St. Athanasius - exiled five times for defending Christ's divinity, wrote 'On the Incarnation' and 'Life of Antony'
ID: 4908