# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/macrina-the-younger
# Generated: 2026-09-01T02:05:32.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/macrina-the-younger"
name: "Macrina the Younger"
slug: "macrina-the-younger"
description: "Macrina the Younger was an early Christian consecrated virgin. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Naucratius and Peter of Sebaste. Gregory of Nyssa wrote a work entitled Life of Macrina in which he describes her sanctity and asceticism throughout her life. Macrina lived a chaste and humble life, devoting her time to prayer and the spiritual education of her younger brother Peter."
tagline: "4th-century Roman nun"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Macrina_the_Younger.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "324"
deathDate: "379"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             0.4863582443653618
  historical:           16.96213866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B0"
    title: "Макрина Молодша"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_la_Jove"
    title: "Macrina la Jove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrina_mlad%C5%A1%C3%AD"
    title: "Makrina mladší"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrina_die_J%C3%BCngere"
    title: "Makrina die Jüngere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1"
    title: "Οσία Μακρίνα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_the_Younger"
    title: "Macrina the Younger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_la_Joven"
    title: "Macrina la Joven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrine_la_Jeune"
    title: "Macrine la Jeune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_la_Giovane"
    title: "Macrina la Giovane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A6%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94"
    title: "ღირსი მაკრინე"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_de_Jongere"
    title: "Macrina de Jongere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_den_yngre"
    title: "Macrina den yngre"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makryna_M%C5%82odsza"
    title: "Makryna Młodsza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina%2C_a_Jovem"
    title: "Macrina, a Jovem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrina_cea_T%C3%A2n%C4%83r%C4%83"
    title: "Macrina cea Tânără"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%8F"
    title: "Макрина Младшая"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrina_Mla%C4%91a"
    title: "Makrina Mlađa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrina_Mlaj%C5%A1a"
    title: "Makrina Mlajša"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%92%D0%B0"
    title: "Макрина Млађа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrina_Mdogo"
    title: "Makrina Mdogo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrina"
    title: "Makrina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump