Emmelia of Cappadocia (fl. 300s)

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Emmelia of Cappadocia (fl. 300s)

Christian woman. Married Basil (a distinguished lawyer and professor of rhetoric in Cappadocia); children: ten, including Macrina (327–379); Peter (bishop of Sebaste); Basil the Great (329–379), bishop of Caesarea (whose authority extended over 11 provinces of Asia Minor); Gregory of Nyssa (335–387, one of the fathers of the Eastern Church); Naucratius (who died young).

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