Arius the Archheretic (256–336)

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Canonical name: Arius the Archheretic
Other names: Arius
Birthdate: 256
Date of death: 336
Gender: male
Nationality: Libya
Birthplace: Libya, Africa
Place of death: Constantinople
Places of residence: Libya, Africa
Constantinople
Alexandria, Egypt
Short biography: Arius (Ancient Greek: Ἄρειος, AD 250 or 256–336) was an ascetic Christian presbyter of Libyan origins, and priest in Alexandria, Egypt, of the church of Baucalis. His teachings about the nature of the Godhead, which emphasized the Father's divinity over the Son, and his opposition to Trinitarian Christology, made him a primary topic of the First Council of Nicea, convened by Roman Emperor Constantine in AD 325.