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Macrina the Younger
c. 327 – 379 · Caesarea Mazaca
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 source for this figure.
— Gregory of Nyssa, Vita Macrinae
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