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Athanasius of Alexandria

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Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
Icon of St Athanasius
Bishop of Alexandria Confessor and Doctor of the Church
Born	298 AD298 AD 4058 H 4301 AM, Alexandria, Egypt
Died	May 2, 373 AD2 May 373 AD 22 Iyar 4133 H 23 Zif 4376 AM, Alexandria, Egypt
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Lutheranism
Major shrine	Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt San Zaccaria, Venice, Italy
Feast	May 2 (Roman Catholicism) January 18 (Eastern Orthodoxy) May 15 (Oriental Orthodoxy)

Saint Athanasius of Alexandria (Greek: Αθανάσιος; Latin: Sanctus Athanasius Alexandrinus), (298298 AD
4058 H
4301 AM–May 2, 3732 May 373 AD
22 Iyar 4133 H
23 Zif 4376 AM) was a Christian bishop of Alexandria, Egypt in the fourth century. He is revered as a saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.