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ATHANASIUS
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Pronounced: ath-ə-NAY-shəs (English) [key]
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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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