saint athanasius

Questions about saint athanasius

What does saint athanasius mean?

saint athanasius means "(Roman Catholic Church) Greek patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism; a church father, saint, and Doctor of the Church (293-373)".

What is another word for saint athanasius?

Close synonyms include Athanasius, St. Athanasius, Athanasius the Great. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saint athanasius a common word?

saint athanasius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.