 "St. Athanasius," Patriarch of Alexandria 328 - 373 became known as "Athanasius Contra Mundum (Against the World)" for his resolute support of orthodox Nicene Christianity in opposition to the Arian heresy which denied the divinity of Christ.For most of his life he was persecuted and often exiled; but his resolute character as well as his theology proved to be the outstanding obstacle to the triumph of Arianism, which faded away in the next century.