Caesarea in Cappadocia
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City in Cappadocia, central Asia Minor (modern Kayseri, Turkey). Seat of Bishop Eusebius, and later of St. Basil the Great. Basil was ordained a priest here by Hermogenes, Bishop of Caesarea, and after the death of Eusebius was reluctantly made bishop. Gregory Nazianzen said that Basil, through the single Church of Caesarea, gave light to the whole world.
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.
— Basil ordained a priest by Hermogenes, Bishop of Caesarea
"he was ordained a priest by Hermogenes, Bishop of Caesarea"
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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.
— After the death of Eusebius, Basil was made bishop
"he had faithfully stood by his friend Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, through his illness until death"
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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.
— Basil through the single Church of Caesarea gave light to the whole world
"Basil, through the single Church of Caesarea, gave light to the whole world"