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Also Known As Saint Basilius the Great • Basil of Caesarea
Born 329 • Cappadocia • Turkey
Died January 1, 379 (aged 50)
Notable Works “Address to Young Men” • “Against Eunomius” • “Canonical Epistles” • “Hexaëmeron” • Liturgy of Saint Basil • “Longer Rules” • “On the Holy Spirit” • “Shorter Rules”
Notable Family Members brother Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Subjects Of Study asceticism • canon law • history of early Christianity • monasticism

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