Macrina Iunior

Eventa vitae

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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