Definition of St. Gregory of Nazianzen

1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a church father known for his constant fight against perceived heresies; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-391).


Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Gregory Of Nazianzen

St. Edward the Confessor
St. Edward the Martyr
St. Elias Mountains
St. Elias Range
St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's fires
St. Eustatius
St. Francis
St. Francis River
St. George
St. George's
St. George's Cross
St. George's Day
St. Gregory I
St. Gregory of Nazianzen (current term)
St. Ignatius
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. James
St. James the Apostle
St. Jerome
St. John
St. John's
St. John Chrysostom
St. John River
St. John the Apostle
St. John the Baptist
St. Johns
St. Johns River
St. Joseph

Literary usage of St. Gregory of Nazianzen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"... and crowds of pilgrims, and rendered famous by many miracles, as we learn both from Theodoret, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, Basil of Seleucia and others. ..."

2. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"... St. Amphilochius of Iconium, St. Pelagius of Laodicea, St. Eusebius of Samosata, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, ..."

3. Christian Schools and Scholars: Or, Sketches of Education from the Christian by Augusta Theodosia Drane (1910)
"Thus it was that they prepared to seize St Basil on his first coming to Athens, when St. Gregory of Nazianzen, who well knew how offensive such riotous ..."

4. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"Observe with what impartial candour St. Gregory of Nazianzen judges the Emperor Julian, the philosopher. He declares that that prince, who did not believe ..."

5. The Broad Stone of Honour: Or, The True Sense and Practice of Chivalry by Kenelm Henry Digby (1848)
"... of St. Gregory of Nazianzen, the Pastoral of St. Gregory of Rome, the Eighth Epistle of St. Dionysius to Demo- philus, St. Austin's Epistle to Bishop ..."

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