July 19th

Saint Macrina

Saint · Common of Virgins · Annesi, Pontus (Turkey) · d. c. 379

In the monastery of Annesi by the river Iris in Pontus, Saint Macrina, virgin, sister of Saints Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebaste, who, learned in the Sacred Scriptures, gave herself to the solitary life, a wondrous example of longing for God and of withdrawal from the vanity of the world.

Latin Original

In monastério Annesíno apud flumen Irim in Ponto, sanctae Macrínze, virginis, soróris sanctórum Basilii Magni, Gregórii Nysséni et Petri Sebasténsis, quz, Sacris Scriptüris erudíta, ad vitam solitáriam se cóntulit, mirum exémplum desidérii Dei discessásque a vanitáte mundi.