(345–412 AD)
Patriarch of Alexandria. He was born in Memphis in 345 and became the secretary of the patriarch Athanasius. He then became archdeacon of Alexandria and succeeded as patriarch in 385. He was a vigorous opponent of paganism and was involved in the destruction of the Serapeum in Alexandria, over which he built a church. He played an active role in church politics and was partly responsible for the deposition of the patriarch of Constantinople, John Chrysostom. He died in Alexandria on 15 October 412.
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