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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Macrina the Younger
		Macrina the Elder, and the sister of the Cappadocian Fathers, Sts.
		After the death her mother Emmelia, Macrina became the head of this community, in which the fruit of the earnest christian
		In this, Macrina appears as teacher, and treats of the soul, death, the resurrection, and the restoration of all things.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09508c.htm (379 words)

	Younger
		Lucas Cranach the Younger Lucas Cranach the Younger (painter.
		Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Pieter Brueghel the Elder.
		Pliny the Younger Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Rome.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/younger.html (733 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Basil the Great
		His grandmother is Saint Macrina the Elder (one of his sisters is Saint Macrina the Younger.) Growing up in this kind of family, you might think that it would be easy to be good and simple to follow God's will in all things.
		Saint Basil decided that his love for God was more important that his success as a speaker, so he sold all that he owned and became a monk.
		Saint Basil the Great was born is 329 in Caesarea, Asia Minor in what is now known as Turkey.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19990101/SAINTS/stbasil.htm (1038 words)

	July 19 Saints of the Day
		Macrina the Younger was one of their children, sister of St.
		Granddaughter of Saint Macrina the Elder, and called the Younger to distinguish between the two.
		Macrina became head of the group when her mother died and lived in Pontus until her death.
	www.religion-cults.com /saints/july19.htm (290 words)

	Saint Michael Center - Saints
		Saint Willibald was the son of Saint Richard, King of the Saxons, and the brother of Saint Walburga and Saint Winibald.
		Saint Frederick was a grandson of Radbod, King of the Frisians.
		Saint Ignatius of Loyola, in Spain, was the founder of the Society of Jesus.
	www.smcenter.org /events_saints_Jul02.htm (5102 words)

	Saint Macrina, The “Teacher” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Saint Macrina is best known as the eldest sister of the renowned Church fathers and brothers in the flesh, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa.
		Thereby Macrina became familiar from an early age with the inspiring psalms of King David, and the wise teachings of Solomon and Sirach.
		Macrina nevertheless considered the betrothal to be binding, and resolved not to marry another.
	www.roca.org /OA/141/141g.htm (1620 words)

	Emily - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		She was the daughter of a martyr and the daughter-in-law of Macrina the Elder.
		As a result of her zealous yet maternal instruction of her children, five of them are commemorated as saints on the calendar of the Church: Saints Macrina, Basil, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, and Theosebia, a deaconess.
		Macrina reminded her that it is not befitting to a Christian to “mourn as those who have no hope” and inspired her to hope courageously in the resurrection vouchsafed to us by the Pascha of the Lord.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Emily (578 words)

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		Saint Urban of Langres (-390) was consecrated Bishop of Langres.
		Saint Gregory of Nazianzen the Elder (276-374), Bishop of Nazianos, succeeded by his son Gregory the Younger in 370, died at the age of 98.
		Birth of Saint Cyril of Alexandria (376-444), Patriarch and Doctor of the Church.
	www.geocities.com /bobexcel/AD/301-400/371-380.htm (164 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 2
		Saint Basil was born into one of those glorious families of ten children that included Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Macrina the Younger, and Saint Peter of Sebastea.
		Saint Caspar's missionary methods were dramatic in a high degree: the contemporary Saint Vincent Strambi said of his preaching that it was 'like a spiritual earthquake.' Indeed, some of the methods his missioners used were dramatic: they flagellated themselves in the public square, which always resulted in many conversions.
		Of the saints of the order to whom she had a great devotion, she was particularly drawn to Saint Thomas Aquinas, for one time, to overcome temptation of thought against purity, she threw herself upon a cartload of thorns.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0102.htm (7394 words)

	St. Macrina the Younger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When Macrina was twelve, her parents betrothed her to a promising young man. Unexpectedly, the fiance died before the marriage could be solemnized.
		In a panegyric on her he mentions two miracles: one in which St. Emmelia cured a growth that Macrina was suffering, by a simple sign of the cross; one in which Macrina herself healed the eye disease of a little girl.
		Macrina had doubtless also been a positive influence for good in the lives of her six married sisters.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id405.htm (670 words)

	Saints of January 14
		Saint Euphrasius may be identical with Saint Eucrathius, a correspondent of Saint Cyprian; or else, a bishop martyred in Africa by the Arian Vandals (Benedictines).
		The younger, like his father before him, joined the Roman army and followed Caesar; the elder, Felix, happy by name and nature, distributed his inheritance, was ordained priest by Bishop Saint Maximus of Nola, and became a soldier of Christ.
		In art Saint Kentigern is represented as an enthroned bishop with a monk at his feet presenting a salmon with a ring in its mouth; a queen with a ring and a king with a sword are near him.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0114.htm (2757 words)

	Basil the Great - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Church considers him a saint and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Saints Gregory the Theologian (Gregory Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom.
		He also should not be confused with Saint Basil of Ostrog, a Serbian saint, who built the Ostrog Monastery which is caved in and stands on a very high hill between Danilovgrad and Niksic.
		He came from a wealthy and pious family which gave a number of saints, including his mother Saint Emily (also styled Emilia or Emmelia), grandmother Saint Macrina the Elder, sister Saint Macrina the Younger and brothers Saints Gregory of Nyssa and Peter of Sebaste.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Basil_the_Great (1287 words)

	Saint Macrina the Elder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Macrina the Elder (before 270 - c.
		340) is the grandmother of Basil the Great, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Peter of Sebaste, and Saint Macrina the Younger.
		Her home was at Neocaesarea in Pontus and during the Diocletian persecution, Macrina supposedly fled with her husband to the shores of the Black Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Macrina_the_Elder (103 words)

	Biography: Macrina the Younger, monastic and teacher (19 Jul 379) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Macrina the Elder lived in the days of the Emperor Diocletian, who made a determined effort to destroy the Christian faith.
		She was betrothed at the age of twelve, after the custom of the day, but when her fiance died, she determined to devote her life to prayer and contemplation and to works of charity.
		After the death of their parents, Macrina was chiefly responsible for the upbringing of her ten younger brothers.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/07/19.html (354 words)

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		Saint Eusebius (260-341), Bishop of Caesarea and the other bishops deposed Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch.
		At the Synod of Caesarea, Saint Eusebius (260-341), Bishop of Caesarea took part in the campaign against Saint Athanasius (296-373).
		Death of Saint Macrina the Elder(-340), the Grandmother of Saint Macrina the Younger, Saint Gregory of Nyssa and Saint Basil the Great, whom she raised.
	www.geocities.com /bobexcel/AD/301-400/331-340.htm (199 words)

	Saints of July 19
		Macrina was well educated by her mother, who used the Biblical Books of Wisdom for reading practice, rather than the then popular classical poems.
		Macrina was laid in the same vault as her mother.
		Saint Stephen was a Benedictine monk of San Liberatore di Majella, and afterwards abbot-founder of Saint Peter's Abbey at Vallebona near Manopello, Italy.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0719.htm (2231 words)

	SAINT POLYCARP
		Macrina the Younger was born about 330, and died 379.
		Soon afterwards, however, her affianced husband died suddenly, and Macrina resolved to devote herself to a life of perpetual virginity and the pursuit of Christian zeal.
		Not only the brothers of St. Macrina but also Saint Gregory of Nazianzen, and Eustathius of Sebaste were associated with this pious circle and were there stimulated to make still further advances towards the values of Christianity.
	www.martyrsandsaints.org /main/era_of_martyrdom/04th_century/saint_MACRINA_YOUNGER.htm (373 words)

	Macrina the Younger
		Their oldest offspring, however, was their daughter Macrina (called Macrina the Younger to distinguish her from her grandmother).
		She was betrothed at the age of twelve, after the custom of the day, but when her fiance died, she determined to devote her life to prayer and contemplation and to works of charity.After the death of her father, she and her mother formed a community of women who shared her goals.
		Gregory, in his Life of Macrina, records his last visit with her, and her farewell speech and her prayers and teachings about the resurrection.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Macrina.htm (345 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Macrina
		The virgin's name was Macrina; she was so called by her parents after a famous Macrina some time before in the family' our father's mother' who had confessed Christ [962 A] like a good athlete in the time of the persecutions.
		Nevertheless Macrina took him in hand, and with such speed did she draw him also toward the mark of philosophy that he forsook the glories of this world and despised fame gained by speaking, and deserted it for this busy life where one toils with one's hands.
		But when it came to Macrina herself she kept nothing of the things assigned to her in the equal division between brothers and sisters, but all her share was given into the priest's hands according to the divine command.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/basis/macrina.html (11991 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 9
		Bede records that Saint Adrian was 'very learned in the Holy Scriptures, very experienced in administering the church and the monastery, and a great Greek and Latin scholar.' He also is said to have commented that some of Adrian's students spoke Latin and Greek equally as well as their native languages.
		Saint Theodore and was consecrated at Lyons by its Archbishop Godwin.
		Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina the Younger.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0109.htm (1424 words)

	A Fourth-Century Saint for Our Times
		One saint in particular demonstrates by her life what a far-reaching influence just one woman can have on the life of the Church—an influence which has spread from her native fourth-century Cappadocia into all the Church throughout the world, down to this present day.
		Macrina’s mother, Saint Emmelia, had in her youth wished to remain a virgin, but because she was an orphan renowned for her beauty, she felt it necessary to marry for her own protection from over-zealous suitors.
		Macrina, however, considered herself bound for life to the young man her father had chosen for her, and declared that she would not marry another.
	www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org /resources/saints/fourth_century_saint.htm (1040 words)

	Confraternity of Penitents Newsletter Archives: January 2005
		Saint Macrina was the granddaughter of Saint Macrina the Elder and one of the ten children of Saints Basil and Emmelia.
		Macrina's youngest brother Peter was in a neighboring monastery while two other brothers Basil and Gregory, both of whom became bishops, often sought Macrina's advice.
		Macrina was admonishing her brother, who was also a bishop, that he failed to realize that the graces he experienced were the result of God's goodness called upon him by the prayers of pious parents.
	www.penitents.org /Newslet05Jan.html (4391 words)

	The Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great : Patron Saints
		Macrina was one year older than her brother, St. Basil the Great. In her youth, she had received excellent formation in spiritual and moral virtues. Macrina studied Sacred Scripture under the supervision of her mother, Emellia, and grandmother, Macrina.
		Her father died at an early age, and it was Macrina who helped her mother educate her brothers and sisters.
		During the preparations for her marriage, the young man to whom she was engaged died unexpectedly. Macrina refused further offers of marriage and became evermore dedicated to helping in the care of her younger brothers and sisters.
	www.sistersofstbasil.org /patrons.jsp (365 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: People: Saints: M: Saint Macrina the Younger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Macrina the Younger - Granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder, and the sister of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
		Macrina - Biographical sketch of St. Macrina the Younger, by Karen Rae Keck.
		Macrina the Younger, Monastic and Teacher - With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.
	dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Christianity/People/Saints/M/Saint_Macrina_the_Younger (135 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Index for M
		Macrina the Elder, Saint - Grandmother of SS.
		Macrina the Younger, Saint - Granddaughter of St. Macrina the Elder, and the sister of St. Gregory of Nyssa.
		Mellitus, Saint - Archbishop of Canterbury, died in 624.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/m.htm (16523 words)

	About St. Macrina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Macrina in turn became the teacher of her younger brothers Basil, later bishop of Neocaesarea, and Gregory, later bishop of Nyssa, who themselves became two of the greatest teachers in the Universal Church.
		An English translation of the charming Life of Macrina by her younger brother St. Gregory of Nyssa, in the form of a letter to a mutual friend, is available online.
		Macrina is plainly the person titled The Teacher in this dialogue, which Gregory also gives the circumstances of in the Life, but many scholars have tried to deny this, on the assumption that no woman could be such a theologian.
	www.midiowa.com /ssephmac/Macrina.htm (432 words)

	Party Excuses - Korner Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Saints: Neot, Germain, Ignatius Loyola, Patron of Basques and founder of the Society of Jesus.
		Saints: Jean de Brebeuf and Issac Jogues, Paul of the cross, Peter of Alcantara, Ptolemaeus and Lucius.
		Saints: Gertrude, Margaret of Scotland, Edmund of Abingdon.
	korner.org.au /wiki/Party_Excuses (1335 words)

	GiGiBeads - St. Macrina the Younger Chaplet
		MONASTIC AND TEACHER - Biography and Readings for Macrina the Younger, commemorated July 19, according to the Episcopal Church.
		Saints of July 19 - St. Patrick's Church, Washington DC Patron Saints Index: Saint Macrina the Younger
		An Iron Cross and Ring were the only possessions she had when she died, and the pointed cross and heart symbolize the scar left on her body.
	gigibeads.net /prayerbeads/saints/macrinayounger.html (569 words)

	Macrina the Younger - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Our venerable mother, Saint Macrina the Younger (also Makrina), was born in Cappadocia at the beginning of the fourth century.
		Macrina was born to a holy family: her parents were Ss.
		Basil the Elder and Emily; four of her nine brothers and sisters are commemorated as saints: Basil the Great, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, and Theosebia the Deaconess; her grandmother, for whom she was named, is commemorated as St. Macrina the Elder.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Macrina_the_Younger (292 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Macrina the Younger
		Sister of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, and Saint Peter of Sebastea.
		Granddaughter of Saint Macrina the Elder, and called the Younger to distinguish between the two.
		Her biography and reminicenses of her were written by her brother Saint Gregory.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintm80.htm (97 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives
		Saints' lives are a major resource for anyone concerned with the history of the late ancient world, Byzantium, or the Latin Middle ages.
		His account of saints and sainthood reflects the rationalist view, a view which was unable to see the value of either the texts, or the religious culture that produced them.
		Summa Theologica III, 25, 6: The adoration of the relics of saints
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/sbook3.html (7690 words)

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