Basil,Saint

Basil,Saint
Bas·il (băzʹəl, băsʹ-, bāʹzəl, -səl), Saint Known as “the Great.” A.D. 330?-379?.
Greek Christian leader who was bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia after A.D. 370 and a vigorous opponent of Arianism.

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