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Athanasius, African Bishop

ATANASIO, VESCOVO AFRICANO

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ATHANASIUS, African Bishop. - Named by Sozomen (Hist. eccl., IV, 15) in connection with the fourth Council of Sirmium (358). He was at the court of the emperor Constantius with three other African bishops when this council convened. He took part in it and subscribed to its formula. Nothing else is known about him.

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. Bardy, in Storia della Chiesa, ed. by A. Fliche and V. Martin, Italian trans. A. P. Frutaz, III, Turin [1940], p. 162.

Ireneo Daniele

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 262.

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Daniele, Ireneo. “Atanasio, vescovo africano.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 262. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/atanasio-vescovo-africano.

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Daniele, Ireneo. “Atanasio, vescovo africano.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 262. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/atanasio-vescovo-africano.

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@incollection{ec2_atanasio_vescovo_africano,
  author    = {Daniele, Ireneo},
  title     = {Atanasio, vescovo africano},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {262},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/atanasio-vescovo-africano}
}

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