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Peter of Sebaste (Greek: Πέτρος; c. 340 – 391) was a bishop, taking his usual name from the city of his bishopric, Sebaste in Lesser Armenia. He was the younger brother of Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, the famous Christian jurist Naucratius, and Macrina the Younger. He is also known as Peter of Sebasteia. Life
Shop St. Peter of Sebaste. Born c. 340, St. Peter was the youngest child of Sts. Basil (the Elder) and Emiliana (Emilia); he may have been a posthumous child. Some say that he was born after his father's death, and others say that the elder Basil died while Peter was an infant.
Dec 21, 2018 · Peter of Sebaste. Our Father among the saints Peter of Sebaste was the youngest member of a large family of distinguish Christians that included Ss Macrina the Elder, Basil the Elder, Emily, Gregory the Elder, Macrina the Younger, Basil the Great, Naucratius and Gregory of Nyssa.
Peter of Sebaste, Saint, bishop, b. about 340; d. 391. He belonged to the richly blest family of Basil and Emmelia of Caesarea in Cappadocia, from which also sprang Saint Macrina the Younger (q.v.) and the two great Cappadocian doctors, Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa .—He was the youngest of a large family, and Macrina, his eldest ...
Saint Peter of Sebaste, also known as Peter of Caesarea, was born around the year 340 in Caesarea, Cappadocia. He was the youngest of ten children born to Saint Basil the Elder and Saint Emmelia and was the brother of Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, and Saint Macrina the Younger.
Peter Of Sebaste an Eastern prelate, was born at Caesarea, in Cappadocia. before A.D. 349. He was the youngest of the ten children of Basil and Emmelia, who numbered among their children those eminent fathers of the Church, Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa.
About 380-81 he was elevated to the See of Sebaste in Armenia and, without displaying any literary activity, took his stand beside his brothers Basil and Gregory in their fight against the Arian heresy (Theodoret, "H.E.", IV, xxvii).
