Origin: Alexandria, probably Historical identity: Greek-speaking Egyptian / Roman Alexandrian Affiliation: Secular clergy / no religious order
Life and work
Bishop of Alexandria and defender of the Nicene confession. Repeated exiles carried his influence into the Latin West; his theological and monastic writings helped shape later Christianity.
Places and activities
Nicaea
325
Attended the council as Alexander's deacon and assistant.
Years are historical biographical dates; an approximate label on a place record remains approximate.
Selected sourced locations; not a complete itinerary. All geographic coordinates are approximate.
Lifetime associations, not citizenship or a claim that all affiliations were held simultaneously.
Dates rounded from the standard chronology; the audience locates the exile but does not date this interval precisely.
This is a broad envelope, not a claim of uninterrupted residence through 346.
Primary text or author archive. Its presence in the bibliography does not by itself support every map claim.
Official modern biographical overview; not contemporary evidence for the saint's travels.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907. Biographical article.
Oxford University Press, 2011. Recommended reference; consult the relevant entry and its bibliography. Not treated as read evidence for individual seed claims.