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[[Image:StCyril.jpg|right|thumb| Saint Cyril of Alexandria]]

[[Image:StCyril.jpg|right|thumb| Saint Cyril of Alexandria]]

'''Saint Cyril of Alexandria''' (376 – June 27, 444) was the bishop of Alexandria who zealously defended Christ's divinity against the leading heresy of the day, also known as the champion of orthodoxy. St. Cyril was a monk, as archbishop he was the central figure in overseeing synods, presiding as the pope’s representative.<ref>[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1427 St. Cyril of Alexandria] American Catholic</ref>  Cyril was a great theologian teacher of the early Church, a man of great courage and force of character. Cyril wrote treatises that clarified the doctrines of the [[Trinity]]. He had an strong devotion to the blessed virgin Mary and defended her divine motherhood and the Incarnation. Served his episcopate for nearly thirty-two years. Saint Cyril was declared a [[Doctor of the Church]] by Pope Leo XIII in 1882.

'''Saint Cyril of Alexandria''' (376 – June 27, 444) was the bishop of Alexandria who zealously defended Christ's divinity against the leading heresy of the day, also known as the champion of orthodoxy. St. Cyril was a monk, as archbishop he was the central figure in overseeing synods, presiding as the pope’s representative.<ref>[http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/SaintOfDay/default.asp?id=1427 St. Cyril of Alexandria] American Catholic</ref>  Cyril was a great theologian teacher of the early Church, a man of great courage and force of character. Cyril wrote treatises that clarified the doctrines of the [[Trinity]]. He had an strong devotion to the blessed virgin Mary and defended her divine motherhood and the Incarnation. Served his episcopate for nearly thirty-two years. Saint Cyril was declared a [[Doctor of the Church]] by Pope Leo XIII in 1882.