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Gregory of Nyssa
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Gregory of Nyssa (died c. 395)

Catholic saint, younger brother of St Basil and one of the Cappadocian Fathers of the early Christian church.

In 372 Basil consecrated him bishop of Nyssa in Lower Armenia. His writings are remarkable for their depth of thought and clear expression, and after Basil's death in 379 Gregory was the mainstay of orthodoxy in Cappadocia. His feast day is 9 March.



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