Person296–373
Athanasius of Alexandria
Bishop of Alexandria from 328 (326 by other accounts) to 373 and the leading defender of the Nicene creed against the Arians, sent into exile five times by four emperors; he consecrated Frumentius as the first bishop of Aksum.
- Dates
- between 296 and 298 – 2 May 373
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Middle East and Egypt, Africa
- In the threads
- Middle East and Egypt (1st–5th c.), Africa (1st–5th c.)
Events
- Pachomius founds the first cenobitic monastery at Tabennisibetween 318 and 323 · Middle East and Egypt
- Aksum adopts Christianitybetween 328 and 350 · Africa