Emmelia
Mother of Basil the Great. Illustrious for piety; followed her son into the wilderness.
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Named as Basil's mother, illustrious for piety no less than birth; followed her son into the wilderness
"Saint Basil too was descended from parents illustrious for piety no less than for birth — Basil and Emmelia — and his mother followed her son even when he withdrew into the wilderness."