by
Alban Butler, St. Pope Theonas of Alexandria
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2018
St. Theonas was bishop of Alexandria and a martyr for the faith. He succeeded St. Maximus in that patriarchal chair in 282, and held it almost nineteen years, being himself, by the shining light of his sanctity and learning, the greatest ornament of that church at a time when it was in both respects...