Tag: Alexandria

• The Woman Who Outargued an Empire

  The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The fifty philosophers filed into the emperor’s hall like soldiers marching… Read more.

• The Girl Who Argued with Emperors

  The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 287–305) The philosophers filed into the great hall expecting an easy morning.… Read more.

• The Bishop Who Outfoxed an Empire

  The Life of Saint Athanasius the Great (296–373 AD) Five times they drove him out. Five times he came back.… Read more.

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  The Woman Who Chose the Desert Over Gold

  The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt (c. 344-421) For seventeen years, Mary lived in Alexandria, the greatest city in… Read more.

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  The Physician Who Became a Desert Dweller

  The Life of Saints Cyrus and John (died 311) Cyrus had everything a man could want in fourth-century Alexandria. A… Read more.