Macrina the Elder
Mother of Saint Basil the Elder
b. 270 · d. 340
Macrina the Elder was the mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger.
Related people
- Gregory Thaumaturgus disciple of · traditional
- Basil the Elder parent of · traditional
- Basil of Caesarea teacher of · traditional
Commemorated
Places
- Caesarea in Cappadocia birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.