Gregory of Nyssa

Hierarch · Doctor · 335–395 · Cappadocia

Life events

  1. Educated — 355

    Unlike Basil, did not study abroad; formed primarily in family household under his brother Basil.

  2. Consecrated — 372

    Consecrated Bishop of Nyssa by his brother Basil to strengthen pro-Nicene presence in Cappadocia.

  3. Exiled — 376

    Deposed and exiled by Arian emperor Valens; restored after Valens's death.

  4. Council — 381

    Attended the Second Ecumenical Council; chief theological defender of the Nicene faith against Pneumatomachians.

  5. Pilgrimage — 381

    Visited Jerusalem to mediate a church dispute; later wrote Letter 2 discouraging pilgrimage as a spiritual practice.

  6. Council — 394

    Last known appearance, at a synod under Patriarch Nectarius.

  7. Died — 395

    Death location traditional; precise year uncertain (394–395).

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Relationships

Relationships (5)
Relationship ego graph (1-hop) for Gregory of Nyssa Sibling of Basil the Great Sibling of Macrina the Younger Student of Basil the Great Student of Macrina the Younger Corresponded with Gregory of Nazianzus Sibling of Basil the Great Basil the Great Sibling of Macrina the Younger Macrina the Younger Corresponded with Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa