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312:. He assisted his sister and his mother in establishing their monastic community after his father's death. Peter became involved in the gradual transformation of his mother's household from a community of virgins to a cenobitic community of both women and men. He headed the male monastery while Macrina was responsible for the female community. When the provinces of Pontus and Cappadocia were visited by a severe famine, he gave a remarkable proof of his charity, liberally disposing of all that belonged to his monastery, and whatever he could raise, to supply with necessaries the numerous crowds that daily resorted to him, in that time of distress. 417: 24: 307:
Renouncing the study of secular sciences, he devoted himself to meditation on the Bible and the cultivation of the religious life. Shortly after his brother's elevation to the episcopal See of Caesarea in 370, Peter received from him priestly ordination. Basil appears to have employed his brother as
319:. In his life and episcopal administration he displayed the same characteristics as Basil. Linked together in the closest manner with his brothers, he followed their writings with the greatest interest. At his advice Gregory of Nyssa wrote his great work, 303:
and the two Cappadocian doctors, Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. Macrina, his eldest sister, exercised a great influence over his religious training, acting as his instructor and directing him toward the spiritual and ascetic life.
331:, was also written at Peter's suggestion and sent to the latter with an appropriate preface as an Easter gift in 397. No detailed information is available concerning his activity as a bishop, except that he was present at the 351: 315:
About 380 he was elevated to the See of Sebaste in Armenia and, without displaying any literary activity, took his stand beside his brothers Basil and Gregory in their fight against
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323:, in defense of Basil's similarly named book answering the polemical work of Eunomius. It was also at his desire that Gregory wrote the 88: 479: 60: 406: 308:
his confidential agent in some matters. Subsequently, he withdrew from active affairs, and resumed the life of a solitary
469: 67: 107: 41: 327:, to defend Basil's similar treatise against false interpretations and to complete it. Another work of Gregory's, 74: 332: 335:
in 381. After his death in 391 he was venerated as a saint. His feast is kept by Roman Catholics on 9 January.
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