proper noun
Ăthănāsĭus
Meaning
- a celebrated archbishop of Alexandria in the time of the emperor Constantine
Ăthănāsĭus, ii, m., = Ἀθανάσιος,
I. a celebrated archbishop of Alexandria in the time of the emperor Constantine; a zealous persecutor of the Arians, and by them much persecuted in return; he died A. D. 377.