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Macrina the Younger
c. 327 – 379 · Caesarea Mazaca
Also known as Macrina
Feast: 19 July
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Eldest sister of Basil and Gregory of Nyssa. Ascetic teacher who established a monastic community on the family estate at Annisa; subject of Gregory of Nyssa's Vita.
Primary sources
- ·Gregory of Nyssa, Vita Macrinae
- ·Gregory of Nyssa, De Anima et Resurrectione
Daily reading
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On the Holy Spirit
Basil of CaesareaA reading pick tied to today's figure, quote, era, or event. Basil gives the mature Cappadocian defense of the Spirit's divinity after Nicaea.
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