Saint Emmelia

Memorial

• 30 May

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Married to Saint Basil the Elder; mother of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory Nyssen, Saint Peter of Sebaste, and Saint Macrina the Younger. Exiled for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Galerius Maximianus, she eventually returned home.

Died

• in Caesarea, Cappadocia of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Emmelia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 August 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-emmelia/>