St. Macrina the Younger
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Born: c. 327 CE
Died: July 19, 379 CE
Feast day: July 19
Her little brother, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, told everyone of her beauty; but in the long run it was her brains and her spirit that impressed him the most. Another brother, Saint Basil, borrowed her creative ideas on monastic life to craft his own mo , ...