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Macrina the Elder

Mother of Saint Basil the Elder
Person human Q263970

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[5]
Date of birth
270
Date of death
340
Place of birth
Kayseri
Child
Basil the Elder[4]
Student of
Gregory Thaumaturgus[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek[9]
Canonization status
saint[6]
Cognomen
Macrina[12]
Feast day
January 14[7]
Name in native language
Μακρίνα[10]
P14483
s/santa-macrina-la-mayor[13]
Time period
Low Roman Empire[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Macrina the Elder da Makrina den ældre de Makrina die Ältere es Santa Macrina la Anciana es Santa Macrina la Mayor es Macrina la Mayor es Macrina es Macrina la Anciana fa ماکرینا بزرگ‌تر fr Macrine l'Ancienne it Macrina l'Anziana nl Macrina de Oude nl Macrina van Caesarea pl Makryna Starsza pt Macrina, a Velha pt Macrina Maior pt Santa Macrina Maior ro Macrina cea Bătrână ru Макрина Старшая tr Yaşlı Makrina
🔖 Identifiers · 23
ISNI
0000000013349886
VIAF cluster ID
269149196454374791308, 218483658
Library of Congress authority ID
n85264756
GND ID
118813749
Academic Tree ID
170518
BIBSYS ID
90570107
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00539136
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
09508b
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118813749
FAST ID
1832104
Franciscan Center of Christian Oriental Studies ID
5426
Freebase ID
/m/01znl8
Show all 23 identifiers +11
GCatholic person ID
72312
Heiligen.net ID
01/14/01-14-0340-macrina
IdRef ID
131414143
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007264845605171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4446888
Nominis saint ID
5163/Sainte-Macrine-l-Ancienne
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
2561532
OrthodoxWiki ID (English)
8335
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100124162
Prabook ID
2253793
Santiebeati ID
37625

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🔗 Connections
Canonization status 1
saint
Child 1
Basil the Elder
Children (maternal) 1
Basil the Elder
Feast day 1
January 14
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Place of birth 1
Kayseri
Sex or gender 1
female
Student of 1
Gregory Thaumaturgus
Students 1
Basil of Caesarea
Time period 1
Low Roman Empire
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Summary

Macrina the Elder was born in 270[1] in Kayseri[2]. She died in 340[3].

FAQs

Where was Macrina the Elder born?

Macrina the Elder was born in Kayseri[2].

Related Entities

Basil of Caesarea Gregory Thaumaturgus Kayseri

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikitolica.com. Retrieved . wikitolica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  2. 23w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cognomen → Macrina
    Sex or gender → female
    Student of → Gregory Thaumaturgus
    Instance of → human
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: s/santa-macrina-la-mayor, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
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