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Cyril of Alexandria

Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444

6 dated entries naming Cyril of Alexandria, drawn from 6 separate years between 376 CE and 444 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

  • 376Cyril of Alexandria, Egyptian patriarch (d. 444)source

5th century

  • 412Cyril of Alexandria becomes Patriarch of Alexandria.source
  • 415March – Hypatia of Alexandria, Neoplatonist philosopher, is murdered by a Christian mob of Nitrian monks at the church (former temple conceived by Cleopatra VII) called Caesareum. Having driven out the Jews, Alexandria's new patriarch, Cyril, has instigated the mob after taking offense at Hypatia's scientific rationalism (approximate date).source
  • 428April 10 – Nestorius is made patriarch of Constantinople. He preaches a new doctrine, that will be called Nestorianism. It makes a distinction between the divine and human natures of Jesus, but comes under immediate attack from Pope Celestine I, and Cyril of Alexandria.source
  • 433Pope Sixtus III helps to settle a Christological dispute between the patriarchs Cyril of Alexandria and John of Antioch, that has continued since the First Council of Ephesus, two years ago. They sign the "Formula of Reunion", thus ending their conflict over Nestorianism.source
  • 444Cyril of Alexandria, patriarch and theologiansource

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