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    Macrina the Younger (Greek: Μακρίνα; c. 327 – 19 July 379) was an early Christian consecrated virgin. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory...
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  • saint of widows Saint Macrina the Younger, (324 – 379), daughter of Saint Basil the Elder and granddaughter of the above Măcrina, a village in Puieşti...
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  • grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger. The works of her grandson Basil indicate that she studied under Gregory...
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    Emmelia of Caesarea (category Pages using the JsonConfig extension)
    much of her later years living with her eldest daughter, Macrina the Younger. Macrina the Younger had a profound impact on her mother. With her husband no...
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  • Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (b. 330) July 19 – Macrina the Younger, Christian nun and saint (b. 327) Shapur II (the Great), ruler of the Sasanian...
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  • Peter of Sebaste (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    jurist Naucratius, and Macrina the Younger. He is also known as Peter of Sebasteia. Peter was not intellectually inferior to the more celebrated members...
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    into churches. Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (d. 379) Macrina the Younger, Christian nun and saint (d. 379) Moses the Black, Christian monk...
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  • Ναυκράτιος) was the son of Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea. He was the younger brother of Macrina the Younger and Basil the Great, and an older...
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  • considered to be saints: Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, Naucratius, and Saint Macrina the Younger. After his death, his family property...
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  • his sisters like Macrina the Younger. If so, then Theosebia was the sister of Basil the Great as well. Gregory of Nyssa—unlike the other Cappadocian...
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  • "The Elder" and "the Younger" are epithets generally used to distinguish between two individuals, often close relatives. In some instances, one of the...
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  • Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (b. 330) July 19 – Macrina the Younger, Christian nun and saint (b. 327) Shapur II (the Great), ruler of the Sasanian...
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    Constantinople (+ c. 517)". Retrieved 2024-08-16. "Venerable Macrina, sister of Saint Basil the Great". www.oca.org. Retrieved 2024-09-02. "Holy Prophet Malachi"...
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    Basil and four of his siblings who also are now venerated as saints: Macrina the Younger, Naucratius, Peter of Sebaste, and Gregory of Nyssa. Basil received...
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    churches as saints. They were a 4th-century monastic family, led by Macrina the Younger (324–379) to provide a central place for her brothers to study and...
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    Macrina, converted the family's estate into a monastic community. Basil the Great was the oldest of Macrina's brothers, the second eldest being the famous...
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  • leading characters. Examples include the Life of Macrina about a wealthy and pious aristocrat Macrina the Younger. With his Church History, Eusebius originated...
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  • by Christian name. Wikipedia contains a calendar of saints listed by the day of the year on which they are traditionally venerated, as well as a Chronological...
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  • Caelia Macrina was a Roman woman who lived in Tarracina around 150 AD. In 150 AD, Caelia Macrina left money for the construction of a building in Tarracina...
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    the Elder or as a Gregory. Among his eight siblings were St. Macrina the Younger, St. Naucratius, St. Peter of Sebaste and St. Basil of Caesarea. The...
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    Syria Eastern Christian monasticism John Chryssavgis Macrina the Elder Macrina the Younger Margaret the Virgin Mary of Egypt Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora...
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  • 330s (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    under the name Gregory. Constantine I Constantine II Constantius II Constans 330 Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca (d. 379) Macrina the Younger, Christian...
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    of Utrecht Justa and Rufina Kirdjun (or Abakerazum) Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great Symmachus July 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)...
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    Kempe (c.1373–1438) Macrina the Younger, sister and influence upon Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa Clare of Assisi, founded the Poor Clares Julian...
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  • Dumoulin-Borie, MEP (20 February 1808 – 24 November 1838) Vincent Nguyễn Thế Điểm [pl] (c. 1761 – 24 November 1838) Paul Nguyen Van My [pl] (c. 1798 –...
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    as saints. They were a 4th-century monastic family led by Saint Macrina the Younger to provide a central place for her brothers to study and meditate...
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    of the Church: The Religious Experience of Monastic Women. Ireland, Columba Press, 2011. "Macrina of Cappadocia, sister of holy hierarchs Basil the Great...
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    July 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (category July in the Eastern Orthodox calendar)
    Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on July 6. Venerable Abba Diocles of the Thebaid (4th century) Venerable Macrina the Younger, sister...
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  • who died during the 4th century, who have received recognition as Blessed (through beatification) or Saint (through canonization) from the Catholic Church:...
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  • 2017 Centre for Research and Education Development Warsaw website, Macrina the Younger, by Marta Przyszychowska (page 98) University of British Columbia...
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