Righteous · 2nd century
Saint Athenagoras of Athens
Also known as Athenagoras the Apologist
A Christian philosopher of Athens who in the days of Marcus Aurelius addressed to the emperors a reasoned defense of the Christians against the slanders of the age, and wrote on the resurrection of the dead.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints