Gorgonia

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4th-century Christian Christian saint Late Antique woman

Gorgonia was a pious Christian woman of the 4th century, venerated as a saint and known primarily as the devout sister of Gregory of Nazianzus.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	4th-century Christian ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ Late Antique woman ⓘ
burialPlace	Caesarius of Nazianzus ⓘ surface form: Nazianzus
canonizationStatus	pre-congregation ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	4th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy	liturgical texts in Eastern Christianity ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfDeath	4th century ⓘ
describedIn	writings of Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
era	Patristic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Cappadocian Greek ⓘ
family	Gregory of Nazianzus family ⓘ
father	Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ surface form: Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder
hasAttribute	charitable ⓘ chaste ⓘ devout ⓘ obedient to Christian teaching ⓘ pious ⓘ
hasFeastDay	February 23 ⓘ
hasMiracleAssociated	healing from severe injuries after a fall ⓘ posthumous healings at her tomb ⓘ
hasOccupation	lay Christian ⓘ
hasType	non-martyr saint ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
livedIn	Cappadocia ⓘ
mother	Nonna of Nazianzus ⓘ
nameInGreek	Γοργονία ⓘ
notableFor	being the sister of Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ exemplary Christian life as a laywoman ⓘ piety ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cappadocia ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Cappadocia ⓘ
positionHeld	mother ⓘ wife ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sibling	Caesarius of Nazianzus ⓘ Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ
source	Oration 8 of Gregory of Nazianzus (On his sister Gorgonia) ⓘ
spouse	Ablabius ⓘ
veneratedAs	saint ⓘ
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregory of Nazianzus → sibling → Gorgonia ⓘ