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Gregory of Nazianzus
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| Saint Gregory of Nazianzus | |
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| Theologian, Doctor of the Church, Great Hierarch, Cappadocian Father, Ecumenical Teacher | |
| Born | 330330 4090 He 4333 AM, Arianzum, Cappadocia |
| Died | January 25, 38926 January 389 11 Shevat 4149 He 11 Shevat 4392 AM, Arianzum, Cappadocia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Lutheranism |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | May 9 (Roman Catholicism) January 25 (Eastern Orthodoxy) |
Gregory of Nazianzus (Greek: Γρηγόριος Ναζιανζηνός, Grēgorios Nazianzenōs) (330330
4090 He
4333 AM–January 25, 38926 January 389
11 Shevat 4149 He
11 Shevat 4392 AM) was an archbishop of Constantinople in the 4th Century AD. He is honored as a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church also considers him a saint and counts him among the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil the Great.
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Biography
Gregory of Nazianzus was a native of Cappadocia and the son of a bishop of the Church. He studied at several centers like Athens and Alexandria, and was familiar to Greek philosophy and thought of Origen.[1] At Athens Gregory meets Basil of Caesarea who had moved there to continue his studies.[2]
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- ↑ Latourette, Kenneth Scott (2007). A History of Cristianity:Beginnings to 1500. 1. Peabody, MA: Prince Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-56563-328-5.
- ↑ González, Justo L. (2010). The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Dawn of the reformation. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: HarperOne/HarperCollins Publishers. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-06-185588-7.
