St. Basil the Great is a pre-congregational saint. He was declared a saint by popular acclaim before there was an official procedure in place for canonization.
St. Basil was born in Caesarea in Cappadocia in 330 AD.
Saint Basil died on January 1, AD379.
St. Augustine was not canonized. He is a precongregational saint and was declared a saint by the early Christian community. The official canonization process was not instituted until about the 11th century.
Pope St. Leo the Great died 10 November, 461.
The feast of St. Basil the Great is January 2 in the Catholic Church.
St. Basil the Great, also called Basil of Caesarea, was an early Christian Saint. He was born in Cappadocia, in modern Turkey, then part of the Byzantine Empire. Basil and two other men became known as the Cappadocian fathers. They supported the Nicene version of Christianity, and were very successful - Arianism, their main opposing view, all but disappeared. He died as the Bishop of Caesarea.
The feast of St. Basil the Great is January 2 in the Catholic Church, and June 14 in the Episcopal Church.
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St. Francis Xavier was canonized with fellow missionary St. Ignatius in 1622.
St. Eligius was canonized in the Pre-Congregation era. This was when people were often canonized because of their popularity while they were alive.
St. Etheldreda was canonized by Pope Celestine III in 1198.
There are no saints named Great but there are several saints who have the word 'Great' as their title. There may be others but here are some of the better known 'greats.' St. Albert the Great St. Anthony the Great St. Basil the Great St. Gertrude the Great St. Gregory the Great St. Leo the Great
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Leo was not formally canonized. He was proclaimed a saint by the early Christians. The canonization process was not instituted until about the 12th century.
St. Basil the Great was the bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey. That would mean he was probably of Greek origin.
St. Basil Secondary was created in 1991.