Most of the information about Gregory’s life (c. 335–396 CE) comes from his own writings, especially his Life of Macrina. Gregory was born into an upper-class Cappadocian family and was brother of Basil of Caesarea (c. 300–379 CE). Gregory had two other brothers, Peter (later bishop of Sebasteia) and Naucratius, and a sister, Macrina, who was a model of piety for Gregory and appears as a character in his dialogue On the Soul and Resurrection. Their father was…