Feast January 14
Macrina the Elder
Saint, patron of Widows Invoked against poverty · Feast January 14
Biography
Macrina the Elder was the mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger.
Feast day
January 14
Patronage
- Widows Invoked against poverty
Birth date
AD 270
Death date
AD 340
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
1
Feast day of month
14