4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint

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Churchmen: twenty portraits of religious thinkers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Saint Basil the Great, praised by four clerical saints. Engraving by J.F. Palomino.

Saint Basil the Great. Line engraving by B.A. à Bolswert after A. Bloemaert.

Die Bedeutung der Medizin bei den "grossen Kappadokiern" Basileios von Caesarea, Gregor von Nyssa und Gregor von Nazianz / von Tamara Schulte-Herbrüggen.

"Santa Claus" founded one of the first medical centers / Dionysios S. Botseas.

Ōrigenēs Kata Kelsou : en tomois 8 ; tou autou Philokalia : Origenis Contra Celsum : libri octo ; ejusdem Philocalia / Gulielmus Spencerus ... utriusque operis versionem recognovit & annotationes adjecit ; cum indice rerum & verborum locupletissimo.

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Basil of Caesarea

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Ōrigenēs Kata Kelsou : en tomois 8 ; tou autou Philokalia : Origenis Contra Celsum : libri octo ; ejusdem Philocalia / Gulielmus Spencerus ... utriusque operis versionem recognovit & annotationes adjecit ; cum indice rerum & verborum locupletissimo.