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SAINT BASIL THE GREAT, BISHOP, CONFESSOR AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Basil, noble of Caesarea and Cappadocia, born in 329, after studying the profane letters in Constantinople and in Athens together with Gregory Nazianzen, his intimate friend, renounced the world, left his family and embraced the monastic life in the province of Pontus. He admirably learned the sacred sciences in the monastery, and in short time his doctrine and holyness were such that, he has been given the nickname of Magnus, that means Great. Called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Pontus, he brought back the province to the path of salvation, that has turned away from the Christian customs. Immediately Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea took him as a coadjutor in instructing his city, then succeeding him in the seat in 370. Salt not tasteless, he gave his teaching all the flavour of the Gospel and nourished with the holy Truth the people of Caesarea entrusted to his care.