Basil of Caesarea (Basil the Great)
- Born
- c. 329/330
- Died
- 1 Jan 379
- Bishop of
- Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Wrote in
- Greek
Contemporary timeline
His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 300 to 440.
People
Movements he opposed
Events
- A person's life
- Estimated birth
- Unknown birth
- Known to be alive; death date unknown
- Active between two years
- Event
- Received as ecumenical by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Who he was
One of the three Cappadocian Fathers, bishop of Caesarea from 370, organizer of Eastern monasticism and of charitable institutions. His treatise On the Holy Spirit argued that the Spirit is glorified together with the Father and the Son, and his theology prepared the ground for the Council of Constantinople (381).
- Region
- Cappadocia (Asia Minor)
- Language
- Greek
- Role
- Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia
- Died
- 1 Jan 379
His writings
3 writings, c. 358–378
c. 364
c. 375
c. 358–378