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From 412 to 444, Cyril of Alexandria served as the Patriarch of Alexandria. Today, he is considered a saint.
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∙ 9y agoCyril of Alexandria died in 444.
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When was Cyril of Alexandria born?
Cyril of Alexandria was born in 376.
When did Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria die?
Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria died in 1861.
When was Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria born?
Pope Cyril IV of Alexandria was born in 1816.
When was Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria born?
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was born on 1902-08-02.
When did Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria die?
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria died on 1971-03-09.
Who were some people Hypatia knew?
Orestes, the Prefect of Alexandria. She also knew Cyril the Bishop of Alexandria, & may have caused a rift between them.
What saints belonged to the Coptic church?
St. Mark the Evangelist(he is the first Coptic Pope), St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Katherine of Alexandria, St. Menas (Christopher).
What was St. Cyril of Alexandria known for?
St. Cyril of Alexandria was known for his role in the Christological controversies of the 5th century, particularly his defense of the title "Theotokos" (Mother of God) for the Virgin Mary and his writings on the unity of Christ's divine and human natures. He also played a significant role in the Council of Ephesus in 431, which affirmed Mary as Theotokos and condemned Nestorianism.
What are some historic events that happened in hypatias life?
The massacre of Christians in Alexandria, by Jews. It ultimately paved the way for her own murder by a Christian mob.
Why did orestes disliked hypatia?
He didn't. They were good friends. In fact, Hypatia was blamed for the rift between Orestes & Cyril of Alexandria, which ultimately resulted in her murder.
Why was St. Cyril canonized?
St. Cyril of Alexandria Feastday: June 27 St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (June 27) Cyril was born at Alexandria, Egypt. He was nephew of the patriarch of that city, Theophilus. Cyril received a classical and theological education at Alexandria and was ordained by his uncle. He accompanied Theophilus to Constantinople in 403 and was present at the Synod of the Oak that deposed John Chrysostom, whom he believed guilty of the charges against him. He succeeded his uncle Theophilus as patriarch of Alexandria on Theophilus' death in 412, but only after a riot between Cyril's supporters and the followers of his rival Timotheus. Cyril at once began a series of attacks against the Novatians, whose churches he closed; the Jews, whom he drove from the city; and governor Orestes, with whom he disagreed about some of his actions. In 430 Cyril became embroiled with Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople, who was preaching that Mary was not the Mother of God since Christ was Divine and not human, and consequently she should not have the word theotokos (God-bearer) applied to her. He persuaded Pope Celestine I to convoke a synod at Rome, which condemned Nestorius, and then did the same at his own synod in Alexandria. Celestine directed Cyril to depose Nestorius, and in 431, Cyril presided over the third General Council at Ephesus, attended by some two hundred bishops, which condemned all the tenets of Nestorius and his followers before the arrival of Archbishop John of Antioch and forty-two followers who believed Nestorius was innocent. When they found what had been done, they held a council of their own and deposed Cyril. Emperor Theodosius II arrested both Cyril and Nestorius but released Cyril on the arrival of Papal Legates who confirmed the council's actions against Nestorius and declared Cyril innocent of all charges. Two years later, Archbishop John, representing the moderate Antiochene bishops, and Cyril reached an agreement and joined in the condemnation, and Nestorius was forced into exile. During the rest of his life, Cyril wrote treatises that clarified the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation and that helped prevent Nestorianism and Pelagianism from taking long-term deep root in the Christian community. He was the most brilliant theologian of the Alexandrian tradition. His writings are characterized by accurate thinking, precise exposition, and great reasoning skills. Among his writings are commentaries on John, Luke, and the Pentateuch, treatises on dogmatic theology, and Apologia against Julian the Apostate, and letters and sermons. He was declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1882. His feast day is June 27th.
Who is Cyril of Alexander?
St Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444 is the murder of Hypatia, the last Platonic Philosopher and a teacher of Mathematics. In 415, Cyril had lost the confidence of the Egyptian Prefect, Orestes after egregiously exceeding his authority by robbing and exiling all the Jews who had lived without persecution in Alexandria from the time of Emperor Claudius (about AD 10). Orestes refused to be reconciled with Cyril and so Cyril decided that this was because of the influence of Orestes' mathematics teacher, Hypatia, instead of being due to his own evil actions. Well, the only proper thing for a Christian to do, obviously, was to have Hypatia murdered. As she rode through the city one day in her chariot, a mob of Parabalani, incided by Cyril's pet Nitrian monks, stopped her chariot, dragged her from it, stripped her naked, flayed the skin from her body with sharpened oyster shells, hacked her body into pieces and burned the pieces outside the city walls. You can watch this account play itself out in the recent movie: "Agora", which stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia and Sami Samir as Cyril. In payment for his despicable murder of Hypatia, Cyril was declared a saint and doctor of the church. Look up the biography of Hypatia of Alexandria at the Mac tutor's history of mathematics of st andrew's university in Scotland.
