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Basil of Caesarea

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Saint Basil the Great

Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church; Great Hierarch
Born	329 AD329 AD 4089 H 4332 AM, Caesarea, Cappadocia
Died	January 1, 379 AD1 January 379 AD 26 Teveth 4139 H 25 Teveth 4382 AM, Caesarea, Cappadocia
Venerated in	Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodoxy Oriental Orthodoxy Anglicanism Lutheranism
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	June 14 (Roman Catholicism, Episcopalianism, and Lutheranism)

Saint Basil of Caesarea (Greek: Άγιος Βασίλειος ο Μέγας; Latin: Sanctus Basilius Magnus), (c. 329329 AD
4089 H
4332 AM–January 1, 3791 January 379 AD
26 Teveth 4139 H
25 Teveth 4382 AM) also called Saint Basil the Great was bishop of Caesarea in Asia Minor and a leading theologian in the 4th century. He is honored as a saint and Doctor of the Church by the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church also considers him a saint and counts him among the Three Holy Hierarchs, along with Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus.