Macrina the Younger

Monastic · Ascetic · 327–379 · Cappadocia, Pontus

Life events

  1. Educated — 335

    Educated in Scripture rather than pagan classics by her mother Emmelia.

  2. Tonsured — 344

    Vowed to virginity after death of her betrothed; led the reform of the family estate at Annesi into an ascetic community.

  3. Other — 352

    With her mother Emmelia, transformed the family estate into a monastic community — one of the earliest double monasteries.

  4. Died — 379

    Died July 19, 379, nine months after Basil. Her deathbed discourse recorded as De Anima et Resurrectione.

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Relationships

Relationships (4)
Relationship ego graph (1-hop) for Macrina the Younger Sibling of Basil the Great Sibling of Gregory of Nyssa Teacher of Gregory of Nyssa Teacher of Basil the Great Sibling of Basil the Great Basil the Great Sibling of Gregory of Nyssa Gregory of Nyssa Macrina the Younger