PHILOSOPHER

Athanasius of Alexandria

295 - 373

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Athanasius I of Alexandria (c. 296–298 – 2 May 373), also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria (as Athanasius I). His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years (c. 8 June 328 – 2 May 373), of which over 17 encompassed five exiles, when he was replaced on the order of four different Roman emperors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Athanasius of Alexandria has received more than 1,956,415 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Athanasius of Alexandria is the 86th most popular philosopher (up from 87th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Egypt (down from 29th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

Athanasius of Alexandria is most famous for his defense of Christianity in the 4th century.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Athanasius of Alexandria ranks 86 out of 1,267Before him are Nicholas of Cusa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Mencius, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and John of Damascus. After him are Peter Abelard, Theophrastus, Johann Gottfried Herder, Ibn Taymiyyah, Leucippus, and Walter Benjamin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 295, Athanasius of Alexandria ranks 1 Among people deceased in 373, Athanasius of Alexandria ranks 1After him is Ephrem the Syrian.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Athanasius of Alexandria ranks 31 out of 642Before him are Nefertari (-1290), Moses in Islam (-1392), Demis Roussos (1946), Khafra (-2550), Khufu (-2700), and Ay (-1380). After him are Seti I (-1323), Diophantus (201), Naguib Mahfouz (1911), Ankhesenamun (-1347), Omar Sharif (1932), and Horemheb (-1319).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Athanasius of Alexandria ranks 3Before him are Origen (185), and Plotinus (203). After him are Philo (-15), Sextus Empiricus (160), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), Saadia Gaon (882), John Philoponus (490), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Valentinus (100).