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Cappadocian Fathers
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Cappadocian Fathers
The
Cappadocian Fathers
are
Basil the Great
(330–379), who was bishop of
Caesarea
; Basil's younger brother
Gregory of Nyssa
(c.332–395), who was bishop of
Nyssa
; and a close friend,
Gregory of Nazianzus
(329–389), who became
Patriarch of Constantinople
. The
Cappadocia
region, in modern-day
Turkey
, was an early site of Christian activity, with several missions by
Paul
in this region.
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