Saint Peter of Sebastea

Memorial: 9 January
Profile: Son of Saint Basil the Elder and Saint Emmelia. Youngest of ten children. Brother of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, and Saint Macrina the Younger. His father died when Peter was an infant, and he was raised and educated by Saint Macrina. Monk in a monastery in Armenia on the Iris River, a house that had been founded by his parents and was headed by his brother Basil. Abbot of the house in 362. Worked to help people suffering in a famine in Pontus and Cappadocia. Ordained in 370. Bishop of Sebastea in 380. Fought fiercely against Arianism in his see. Attended the General Council of Constantinople in 381.
Born: c.340 in Caesarea, Cappadocia
Died: c.391 in Sebastea of natural causes
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Additional Information: Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
Google Directory
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Catholic Encyclopedia, by J P Kirsch
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