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The 5th-century bishop and patriarch of Alexandria went up against Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople, who had declared that Mary was not the mother of God -- forcing Cyril into exile. The clarity and reasoning in his writings led him to be declared a doctor of the Church.

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