death_date feast_day venerated_in patronage birth_date article_title name
c. 340 ad january 14 roman catholic church eastern orthodox church widows invoked against poverty c. 270 ad macrina the elder
 saint macrina the elder
macrina the elder

saint macrina the elder -lrb- before 270 -- c. 340 -rrb- was the mother of saint basil the elder , and the grandmother of basil the great , saint gregory of nyssa , saint peter of sebaste , and saint macrina the younger .
