[[John of Nikiu]] related later that "all the people surrounded the patriarch Cyril and named him 'the new Theophilus'; for he had destroyed the last remains of idolatry in the city". It was for this act of purification that Cyril of Alexandria was later appointed to the position of [[Doctor of the Church]] and [[canonized]] as St. Cyril of Alexandria. | [[John of Nikiu]] related later that "all the people surrounded the patriarch Cyril and named him 'the new Theophilus'; for he had destroyed the last remains of idolatry in the city". It was for this act of purification that Cyril of Alexandria was later appointed to the position of [[Doctor of the Church]] and [[canonized]] as St. Cyril of Alexandria. |