Detail of A Saint Macrina The Younger Holy Card Date And Artist Unknown

Saint Macrina The Younger

Saint

Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

19-Jul

Born

C.327 at Caesarea, Cappadocia (in modern Turkey)

Died

379 at Pontus (in modern Turkey) of natural causes

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Macrina the Younger (c. 327–379), revered as a pillar of early Christian monasticism in Cappadocia, was born into a family of profound holiness. Daughter of Saint Emmelia and Saint Basil the Elder, she was the sister of the renowned saints Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebastea, and the granddaughter of Saint Macrina the Elder, necessitating the "the Younger" designation. Educated by her devout mother from childhood, she demonstrated early

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