Athanasius
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- Athanasian adjective
Example Sentences
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Kazakh Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who has long opposed Francis‘ progressive bent, called the new policy a “great deception.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023
Gigante remained an associate pastor at St. Athanasius for 12 years after Gino was born.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2022
He takes us on a hunt for invisible dragons with the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher and to a performance of “The Tempest” starring an aging William Shakespeare who forgets his lines.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2020
He would have remained in obscurity except for a book about him written by the bishop Athanasius, The Life of Antony, that celebrated Antony’s rejection of the material world and embrace of divine contemplation.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
They also accused St. Athanasius of murder and unchastity, both of which charges he most triumphantly repelled.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
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