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Theosebia, also known as Theosebia the Deaconess, was a 4th-century Christian leader, who is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. As a saint she is referred to as Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess. Her life and identification is ambiguous: her years of birth and death are uncertain (probably subsequent to 381). However, she is thought to have played an important role in the church in Nyssa, where she was called diakonissa, the deaconess or wife of a deacon. The St Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality is in Oxford. Donald Allchin was director of the centre from 1987 to 1994.

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  • Théosébia (fr)
  • Theosebia (en)
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  • Théosébia ou Théosébie, est une personnalité du christianisme ancien du IVe siècle en Cappadoce. Proche de la famille des pères de l'Église Grégoire de Nysse et Basile de Césarée dont elle est probablement l'une des sœurs avec Macrine la Jeune, elle semble avoir mené une vie de vierge consacrée et exercé des fonctions sacerdotales dans la communauté chrétienne de Nysse, dont la nature précise reste toutefois indéfinie. Elle est honorée comme sainte « Théosébia la Diaconesse » par certaines Églises orthodoxes qui la célèbrent le 10 janvier. (fr)
  • Santa Teosébia, a Diaconisa foi uma religiosa da igreja primitiva, tendo sido esposa do bispo São Gregório de Níssa (pt)
  • Theosebia, also known as Theosebia the Deaconess, was a 4th-century Christian leader, who is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. As a saint she is referred to as Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess. Her life and identification is ambiguous: her years of birth and death are uncertain (probably subsequent to 381). However, she is thought to have played an important role in the church in Nyssa, where she was called diakonissa, the deaconess or wife of a deacon. The St Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality is in Oxford. Donald Allchin was director of the centre from 1987 to 1994. (en)
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  • Théosébia ou Théosébie, est une personnalité du christianisme ancien du IVe siècle en Cappadoce. Proche de la famille des pères de l'Église Grégoire de Nysse et Basile de Césarée dont elle est probablement l'une des sœurs avec Macrine la Jeune, elle semble avoir mené une vie de vierge consacrée et exercé des fonctions sacerdotales dans la communauté chrétienne de Nysse, dont la nature précise reste toutefois indéfinie. Elle est honorée comme sainte « Théosébia la Diaconesse » par certaines Églises orthodoxes qui la célèbrent le 10 janvier. (fr)
  • Theosebia, also known as Theosebia the Deaconess, was a 4th-century Christian leader, who is honored as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. As a saint she is referred to as Blessed Theosebia the Deaconess. Her life and identification is ambiguous: her years of birth and death are uncertain (probably subsequent to 381). However, she is thought to have played an important role in the church in Nyssa, where she was called diakonissa, the deaconess or wife of a deacon. Gregory Nazianzen wrote a letter of condolence on her death to Gregory of Nyssa in which Gregory Nazianzen mentioned "your sister Theosebia" and "true yoke-fellow of a priest". Hither comes the ambiguity of her identification. Some historians supposed Theosebia was the wife of Gregory of Nyssa, others suppose she was one of his sisters like Macrina the Younger. If so, then Theosebia was the sister of Basil the Great as well. Gregory of Nyssa—unlike the other Cappadocian Fathers—was married, according to his own testimony in his work On Virginity that he could not benefit from the subject of his own work. This, combined with Nazianzen's statement that Theosebia was buried by the other Gregory in the aforementioned letter, suggest that she was indeed either Gregory of Nyssa's wife or sister, whose funeral he would have been obliged to oversee. The St Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality is in Oxford. Donald Allchin was director of the centre from 1987 to 1994. The Cappadocian Gregory of Nazianzus wrote to Gregory of Nyssa about Theosebia, “the pride of the church, the ornament of Christ, the finest of our generation, the free speech of women, Theosebia, the most illustrious among the brethren, outstanding in beauty of soul. Theosebia, truly a priestly personage, the colleague of a priest, equally honored and worthy of the great sacraments." (en)
  • Santa Teosébia, a Diaconisa foi uma religiosa da igreja primitiva, tendo sido esposa do bispo São Gregório de Níssa (pt)
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