There was no pope named Athanasius. There was, however, a Pope St. ANASTASIUS who was elected November 27, 399.
St. Athanasius was one of the four fathers of the church, along with Sts. Jerome, Ambrose, and Pope Gregory the Great.
Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria died in 496.
Athanasius the Great also known as Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria was bishop of Alexandria in Egypt.
There are nearly a dozen or more saints named Athanasius so we need a specific individual to give a specific answer.
AnswerCould it be because Plato lived circa 428-348 BCE, while St Athanasius kived 293-373 CE, some seven hundred years later? Not only had Plato never heard of Christianity, he had never heard of St Athanasius or his views on reality.
Pope St. Gregory VII was pope in 1075.Pope St. Gregory VII was pope in 1075.
Pope St. Marcellinus (296-304) Pope St. Marcellus I (308-309) Pope St. Eusebius (April-August 309 or 310) Pope St. Miltiades (311-14) Pope St. Sylvester I (314-35) Pope St. Marcus (January-October 336) Pope St. Julius I (337-52) Pope Liberius (352-66) Pope St. Damasus I (366-83) Pope St. Siricius (384-99) Pope St. Anastasius I (399-401)
Pope St. Sylvester I was pope in the year 325.
Pope John XXII canonized St. Thomas Aquinas in 1323.
two-hundred and sixty-five. That's a lot of popes!
There has not been a Pope Marcellinius but there has been a Pope St. Marcellinus and yes, he was a Catholic pope.