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Article: Saint Cyril of Alexandria.(Fathers Of The Church XI)(Biography)
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- April 1, 2005
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Pope Celestine I, his contemporary, dubbed him 'Good Defender of the Catholic Faith'; Anastasius Sinaiticus (7th-cent.) called him 'Seal of the Fathers'; the Greek Church revered his Christology; the Sacred Congregation of Rites (July 28, 1882) titled him 'Teacher of the Church'; for the Catholic scholar Joannes Quasten, he is "One of the greatest figures in early Christian literature."
Born c. 378 at Mahalla, Cyril succeded his uncle Theophilus, whom he had helped depose John Chrysostom at the Synod of the Oak (403), to the Alexandrian Patriachy on October 18, 413. Up to 428, he preached and wrote against Novatian heretics, Jews, and pagans.
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