← LineageFeast Day for · Sunday, 19 July 2026
Macrina the Younger
c. 327 – 379 · Caesarea Mazaca
Also known as Macrina
Feast: 19 July
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Highlights
- Main contribution
- Eldest sister of Basil and Gregory of Nyssa.
- Primary source
- Gregory of Nyssa, Vita Macrinae
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 Incarnation
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