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Macrina the Younger

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Person human Q239081

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
324, 330, 327[7][8]
Date of death
379
Place of birth
Kayseri
Place of death
Amasya
Occupation
nun, philosopher
Position held
abbess[11]
Religion or worldview
Eastern Orthodox Church[12]
Father
Basil the Elder[9]
Mother
Emmelia of Caesarea[10]
Sibling
Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil of Caesarea, Naucratius[20][21][22][23]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek[18]
Canonization status
saint[14]
Described by source
Dictionary of Women Worldwide, A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country[16][17]
Feast day
July 19[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[24]
P14608
118813757[25]
Time period
Low Roman Empire[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Macrina en Macrina the Younger cs Makrina mladší da Makrina den Yngre de Makrina die Jüngere de Macrina die Jüngere el Οσία Μακρίνα es Macrina la Joven fr Macrine d'Annisa fr Macrine la Jeune fr Sainte Macrine la Jeune it Macrina la Giovane it Santa Macrina la Giovane nl Macrina de Jongere nl Macrina de Jonge nl Macrina van Constantinopel pl Makryna Młodsza pt Macrina pt Macrina, a Jovem pt Macrina Menor
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
000000008010941X
VIAF cluster ID
310159474317.3B (104.7M–1521159474222.3B, n=6)
Library of Congress authority ID
n92118162
GND ID
118813757
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Macrina the Younger.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90557796
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00539137
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10248606, ncf11847383, ncf10708696
Catholic Encyclopedia ID
09508c
Clavis Clavium ID
9065ECC472E149D19138893A07FE6D61
Collective Biographies of Women ID
15199
DDB person (GND) ID
118813757
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118813757
FAST ID
1832105
Freebase ID
/m/01zpcl
Heiligen.net ID
07/19/07-19-0379-macrina-constantinopel-jr
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/452671707784
IdRef ID
136833241
IxTheo authority ID
07958795X
Lex ID
Makrina_den_Yngre
Libraries Australia ID
47753395
NL CR AUT ID
jn20010525183
NLA Trove people ID
1487433
NLP ID
a0000002737112
NSK (VIAF) ID
000536157
NSK ID
981005713085209366
NUKAT ID
n2010118425
National Library of Greece ID
45273
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007383358605171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:BkP1;=BU
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810642768005606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072507691
Nominis saint ID
7643/Sainte-Macrine-la-Jeune
OrthodoxWiki ID (English)
5547
Parsifal cluster ID
457994
Santiebeati ID
63450
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
vtls005597813
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
344838
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/85055
Yale LUX ID
person/9ba15989-ca47-425e-b041-afa34bd016d2

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🔗 Connections
Sibling 4
Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, Naucratius
Siblings 4
Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, Naucratius
Occupation 2
philosopher, nun
Parent of 2
Emmelia of Caesarea, Basil the Elder
Canonization status 1
saint
Father 1
Basil the Elder
Feast day 1
July 19
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Mother 1
Emmelia of Caesarea
Place of birth 1
Kayseri
Place of death 1
Amasya
Position held 1
abbess
Religion or worldview 1
Eastern Orthodox Church
Sex or gender 1
female
Time period 1
Low Roman Empire
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Summary

Macrina the Younger was born in 324[1] in Kayseri[2]. She died in 379[3] in Amasya[4]. She worked as a nun[5] and philosopher[6].

FAQs

Where was Macrina the Younger born?

Macrina the Younger's place of birth was Kayseri[2].

Where did Macrina the Younger die?

Macrina the Younger died in Amasya[4].

Who were Macrina the Younger's parents?

Macrina the Younger's father was Basil the Elder[9]. Macrina the Younger's mother was Emmelia of Caesarea[10].

What did Macrina the Younger do for work?

Macrina the Younger worked as a nun[5] and philosopher[6].

Related Entities

Basil of Caesarea Gregory of Nyssa Kayseri

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  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14608 → 118813757
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14608: 118813757, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  2. 18w ago · Bargioni · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 457994
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39443|batch #39443]]: sync P12458"
  3. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 457994
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Parsifal cluster ID: 457994, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/161355296|s Macrina (#161355296)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6216|Parsifal persons]] #mi"
  4. 22w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +0324-01-01T00:00:00Z, +0330-00-00T00:00:00Z, +0327-01-01T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34860|batch #34860]]: add P1810 to P8034"
  5. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of birth → +0324-01-01T00:00:00Z, +0330-00-00T00:00:00Z, +0327-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Sex or gender → female
    Canonization status → saint
    Feast day → July 19
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/29922|batch #29922]]: removal of GND year-precision P569 (12), to be readded in a few days with a reference (cf. https://w.wik"
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