From Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World Known as Basil the Great and one of the three Cappadocian Fathers, Basil of Caesarea was born ca. 330 into a wealthy Christian family in Pontus.
From Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World By the 7th century Gregory Nazianzen (ca. 330-ca. 390), known as “the Theologian,” was one of the most studied of all Greek authors.
From Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World While undoubtedly a master theologian of the Greek church, influencing certainly Maximus the Confessor and possibly Gregory Palamas, Gregory of Nyssa came to prominence as a churchman slowly, and even then followed an unusual career.
The Eastern Roman Empire 395-1453, with its capital at Constantinople (formerly Byzantium, modern Istanbul). It was the direct continuation of the Roman Empire in the East, and inherited many of its traditions and institutions.
Ancient region of Asia Minor, watered by the Halys River (the modern Kizil Irmak), in present E central Turkey. The name was applied at different times to territories of varying size.
[Gr.,=Holy Wisdom] or Santa Sophia, Turkish Aya Sofia, originally a Christian church at Constantinople (now Istanbul), later a mosque, and now converted into a museum.