Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Saints & hagiography Saints

Nonna, Saint

NONNA, SANTA

Feast day: 5 August

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Also known as: Nonna of Nazianzus

NONNA, Saint. - She is commemorated by the Greeks and Latins on 5 August. A woman of choice virtues, pious, charitable, strongly attached to religion, she converted to Catholicism her husband, who later became bishop of Nazianzus.

Her marriage was blessed with three children, all three venerated as saints, and among them stands out St. Gregory Nazianzen, who on several occasions in his writings left explicit and affectionate testimony to his mother's virtues. She died almost a hundred years old in 374, shortly after her husband.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: Tillemont, IX, pp. 309-11, 317 Aug.; Acta SS. Augusti, II, Paris 1867, pp. 78-81; Martyr. Romanum, p. 325.

Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), coll. 1932–1933.

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Amore, Agostino. “Nonna, santa.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1932–1933. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/nonna-santa.

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Amore, Agostino. “Nonna, santa.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1932–1933. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/nonna-santa.

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@incollection{ec8_nonna_santa,
  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Nonna, santa},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  pages     = {1932--1933},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/nonna-santa}
}

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