Nonna of Nazianzus

Saint Nonna of Nazianzus was the wife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder, and the mother of Gregory the Theologian, Caesarius, and Gorgonia.
==Life==
Nonna married and converted her husband, Gregory, who had been a member of the Hypsistarians, a distinct Jewish-pagan sect worshiping Hypsistos, the "Most High" God. She was the mother of three saints, the most notable being Gregory of Nazianzus. She outlived her husband and two of her children, dying in 374. 
Her son Gregory tells of an occasion in 351 when Nonna fell sick with a severe illness and appeared to be at the point of death. Gregory was on his way to pay a visit to a friend, but hurried to his mother, who in the meantime, had begun to recover, having a vision in which Gregory had given her magical cakes marked with the sign of the cross, and blessed by him.
Nonna is championed by her son as a model of Christian motherhood. Gregory wrote of her,
==References==
==External links==
*The Sisterhood of Saint Nonna, an Orthodox organization for wives of clergy
*A life of Saint Nonna
Category:374 deaths
Category:Byzantine saints
Category:Female saints
Category:Anatolian Roman Catholic saints
Category:Saints from Anatolia
Category:4th-century Christian saints
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