Home >> Society >> Religion and Spirituality >> Christianity >> People >> Saints >> M >> Saint Melania the Younger Saint Macrina a Younger (330 - 379) was born at Caesarea, Cappadocia. Her parents were Basil & Elder Emmelia, & her gran was Saint Macrina the Elder. Her brothers were a Cappadocian Fathers, Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of Nyssa. She refused to marry & devoted herself to her religion, becoming the nun. Within 379, Macrina died at her personal's estate on the Flow of any stream Iris, within Pontus, and her brother Gregory composed the "Dialogue on the Soul and Resurrection" (peri psyches kai anastaseos), entitled ta Makrinia (P.G. XLVI, Xii sq.), to commemorate Macrina. Her feast day is the 19th of July. St. Melania (the Younger) Granddaughter of St. Melania the Elder, and a friend of St. Jerome. Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia. Almost Like Winning the Lottery Profile of St. Melania the Younger, who used her inherited wealth to found monasteries. Melania the Younger, Widow, and Pinian Article on Melania and her husband St. Pinian. With links to other saints with whom they were associated. St. Melania Brief biographical sketch of Melania the Younger.
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