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Macrina the Younger
Macrina la
4th-century Roman nun
- Child of Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea
- Dated 324 CE – 379 CE
- Recognised as Saint
Overview
4th-century Roman nunWikidata record description. Read Macrina the Younger in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
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Dates unrecorded abbess
Family tree
The family as a list · 6
Family 6
- child of (father) Basil the Elder Roman saint
- child of (child) Emmelia of Caesarea wife of Basil the Elder and mother of several influential early Christians
- sibling of Basil of Caesarea 4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint (329–379)
- sibling of Gregory of Nyssa bishop of Nyssa
- sibling of Naucratius Christian hermit, rhetorician, and Roman Catholic saint
- sibling of Peter of Sebaste bishop
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