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SAINT CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA BISHOP, CONFESSOR AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH The Holy Church celebrates today St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria, whose praise is not based only on the testimony of few, but is also celebrated in the acts of the ecumenical councils of Ephesus (431) and of Chalcedon (451). Cyril was born in Theodosia of Egypt (today el-Mahalla el-Kubra, in the Nile delta) by illustrious parents around 370. He was nephew of Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria of Egypt, and since his youh gave clear signs of superior intelligence. Perfectly instructed in in literature and sciences, he went to John, bishop of Jerusalem, to perfect himself in the Christian faith.