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Athanasius
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Athanasius
Saint. ?296--373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2


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Athanasius the Great summed up the aim of monastic life: God became human so that humans can become deified.
 
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