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Peter, of Sebaste, Saint, approximately 340-391

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Personal name headingPeter, of Sebaste, Saint, approximately 340-391
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Variant(s)Petrus, Sebastenus, approximately 340-391
بطرس, approximately 340-391
Buṭrus, approximately 340-391
Peter III, of Sebaste, approximately 340-391
See alsoBasil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394
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Macrina, the Younger, Saint, approximately 330-379 or 380
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Associated countryTurkey Armenia
LocatedSivas (Turkey)
Birth date0340~
Death date0391
Field of activityTheology
Profession or occupationPriests
Special noteData contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in24072 (online via HMML), viewed on May 26, 2021 (القس بطرس=al-Qiss Buṭrus; recipient of خليقه الانسان = Khalīqat al-insān; treatise on the making of humanity; supplement to Basil of Caesarea's Hexameron)
Catholic Encyclopedia (online), viewed on May 26, 2021: St. Peter of Sebaste (bishop, born ca. 340, died 391; from the family of Basil and Emmelia of Caesarea in Cappadocia; brother of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa; devoted himself to religious and ascetic life; ca. 380-381, elevated to See of Sebaste in Armenia; present at the Ecumenical Council of Constantinople in 381; venerated as a saint after his death)
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Encyclopedia of the early church, 1992: vol. 2, p. 678 (Peter II of Sebaste, c. 344-c.394; brother of Basil the Great; ascetic education from his sister Macrina; a priest; probably lived at Amnesi near Neocaesarea; elected to See of Sebaste before May 381; Gregory of Nyssa dedicated his work De opificio hominis to him)
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