Three Poems

by Gregory of Nazianzus

Gregory of Nazianzus was born into an aristocratic Christian family in Cappadocia during the reign of the emperor Constantine. He received a superb education in Athens and entered into the monastic life with his classmate and friend Basil (who would become known as "Basil the Great"). After reluctantly submitting to ordination to the priesthood in 362, he subsequently became the Bishop of Sasima. Upon the accession of Theodosius I to the imperial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813213053
• ISBN13: 9780813213057
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"