May 2.
St. Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria, A. D. 373.
St. Athanasius.
This learned doctor of the church, was patriarch of Alexandria; he is celebrated for his opposition to the Arians, and from his name having been affixed to the creed which contains his doctrines. He died in 373. Alban Butler says, the creed was compiled in Latin in the fifth century.
Chronology.
1519. Leonardo da Vinci, the painter, died.