Gregory of Nyssa
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| Saint Gregory of Nyssa | |
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 Mosaic icon of St. Gregory of Nyssa | |
| Cappadocian Father | |
| Born | 335 AD335 AD 4095 He 4338 AM, Caesarea in Cappadocia |
| Died | 385 AD385 AD 4145 He 4388 AM, Nyssa in Cappadocia |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Lutheranism |
| Feast | March 9 (Roman Catholicism) January 10 (Eastern Orthodoxy) |
| Attributes | Vested as a bishop. |
Gregory of Nyssa (Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος Νύσσης; Latin: Gregorius Nyssenus; Arabic: غريغوريوس النيصي) (335 AD335 AD
4095 He
4338 AM-385 AD385 AD
4145 He
4388 AM) was a Christian bishop in the 4th century AD and was a younger brother of Basil the Great and a close friend of Gregory of Nazianzus. He is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and belongs to belongs to the group known as the Cappadocian Fathers, along with his brother, Basil of Caesarea, and Gregory of Nazianzus.
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Biography
Works
- Against Eunomius
- Answer to Eunomius' Second Book
- On the Holy Spirit (Against the Followers of Macedonius)
- On the Holy Trinity, and of the Godhead of the Holy Spirit (To Eustathius)
- On "Not Three Gods" (To Ablabius)
- On the Faith (To Simplicius)
- On Virginity
- On Infants' Early Deaths
- On Pilgrimages
- On the Making of Man
- On the Soul and the Resurrection
- The Great Catechism
- Funeral Oration on Meletius
- On the Baptism of Christ (Sermon for the Day of Lights)
- Letters
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