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Athenagoras of Athens

fl. AD 176–180 · Athens (Athenae) (Athens) · Apologist · Proto-orthodox

An Athenian Christian philosopher who wrote a Plea for the Christians addressed to the emperors, and probably a treatise On the Resurrection (authorship disputed). He is not mentioned by Eusebius or other early writers.

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