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Gregory the Theologian
Our father among the saintsGregory the Theologian, also known as Gregory of Nazianzus (though that name more appropriately refers to his father) and Gregory the Younger, was a great father and teacher of the Church.
His feast day is celebrated on January 25 and that of the translation of his relics on January 19. With Sts. Basil the Great and John Chrysostom, he is numbered among the Three Holy Hierarchs, whose feast day is celebrated on January 30.
Gregory of Nazianzus was born in Nazianzus, Cappadocia (present-day Turkey), in AD. He was the son of Gregory the Elder, a bishop recently converted to.
St. Gregory is also known as one of the Cappadocian Fathers.
Life
He was born in 329 in Arianzus, a village of the second district of Cappadocia, not far from Nazianzus. His father, who later became Bishop of Nazianzus, was named Gregory (commemorated Jan.
1), and his mother was named Nonna (Aug. 5); both are among the saints, and so are his brother Caesarius (Mar.
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9) and his sister Gorgonia (Feb. 23).
At first he studied in Caesarea of Palestine, then in Alexandria, and fi