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View Name: Athanasius
ATHANASIUS
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pronounced:
ath-ə-NAY-shəs
(English)
[key]
From the Greek name
Αθανασιος
(Athanasios)
, which meant "immortal" from Greek
α
, a negative prefix, combined with
θανατος
(thanatos)
"death".
Saint
Athanasius was a 4th-century bishop of Alexandria who strongly opposed Arianism.
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