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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