Athenagoras Of Athens
Athenagoras (Greek: Ἀθηναγόρας ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; ca. 133 – 190) was a Father of the Church, a Proto-orthodox Christian apologist who lived during the second half of the 2nd century of whom little is known for certain, besides that he was Athenian (though possibly not originally from Athens), a philosopher, and a convert to Christianity. In his writings he styles himself as "Athenagoras, the Athenian, Philosopher, and Christian". There is some evidence that he was a Platonist before his conversion, but this is not certain.
Athenagoras' feast day is observed on 24 July in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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