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Saints Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea: The Parents of Basil the Great and the Cappadocian Saints

Saints Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea were a Christian couple of fourth century Cappadocia and Pontus, the parents of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Macrina the Younger and Saint Peter of Sebaste. This article explains what the sources document, what is uncertain and what belongs to tradition.

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