Feast August 5
Nonna of Nazianzus
Saint, patron of death of children · Feast August 5
Biography
Saint Nonna of Nazianzus was the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, and the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Caesarius, and Gorgonia. She lived in Cappadocia, a province of the Roman Empire in present-day central Turkey.
Feast day
August 5
Patronage
- death of children
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Birth date
c. 305
Death date
c. 374
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
8
Feast day of month
5