Gregory (of Nazianzus) (English spelling)

Japanese: グレゴリオス[ナジアンゾスの]（英語表記）Grēgorios

329‐389
A Greek Church Father who contributed to the establishment of the Nicene faith. One of the Cappadocian Triumvirate. Son of the bishop of Nazianzos (now Nenezi) in Cappadocia. He studied in Athens and became friends with Basil the Great there. He returned to his hometown and became a priest against his will. He was later appointed bishop of the newly established city of Sasima, but he refused and served as his father's assistant bishop in Nazianzos. After his father's death, he retired to Seleucia in Isauria and lived a monastic life. However, with the accession of the Nicene emperor Theodosius I to power, he was called to Constantinople in 379, where the Arian sect was in power.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

329‐389
ニカエア信仰の確立に貢献したギリシア教父。〈カッパドキア三星〉のひとり。カッパドキアのナジアンゾスNazianzos(現，ネネジ)の主教の息子。アテナイで学び，その地で大バシレイオスと友誼を結んだ。故郷に戻り，意思に反して司祭となり，のち新たに設けられたサシマの主教に任命されたが，それを断り，ナジアンゾスで父の主教職の補佐をつとめた。父の死後，イサウリアのセレウキアに隠棲し，修道生活をおくった。しかし，ニカエア派の皇帝テオドシウス1世の登極とともに，379年アリウス派が勢力をふるっていたコンスタンティノープルに呼ばれた。

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