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Born c.313 • Alexandria • Egypt
Died c.398 • Alexandria • Egypt
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
Theognostus Of Alexandria
Greek theologian
St. Gregory Palamas
Greek theologian
St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
Theodore Ascidas
Greek monk-theologian
Maximus The Greek
Greek Orthodox monk and scholar
Isidore Of Kiev
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Saint Theophilus of Alexandria
Egyptian theologian
Theophylact of Ochrid
Greek archbishop
Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Gregory of Sinai
Greek Orthodox monk
Gennadios II Scholarios
patriarch of Constantinople
Markos Eugenikos
Greek theologian
Eugenius Bulgaris
Greek theologian
Maximus Margunios
Greek Orthodox bishop
Severus of Antioch
Greek theologian
Theodore Of Rhaithu
Chalcedonian theologian
Metrophanes Kritopoulos
Greek patriarch and theologian
Callistus
patriarch of Constantinople
Meletios Pegas
patriarch of Alexandria