* Emperor Constantine the Great gives the ancient Roman town Drepana ( Asia Minor ) the name Helenopolis, after his mother Helena, and builds a church in honour of the martyr St. Lucian.

* Lesser Feasts and Commemorations on the Lutheran liturgical calendar include Anthony of Egypt on January 17, Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr Henry of Uppsala on January 19, Timothy, Titus and Silas, missionaries St Timothy, St Titus and St Silas Day on January 26, Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden St Ansgar on February 3, Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop, missionaries to the Slavs St Cyril and St Methodius on February 14, Gregory the Great on March 12, St Patrick on March 17, Olavus Petri, priest and Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala, on April 19, St Anselm on April 21, Catherine of Siena on April 29, St Athanasius on May 2, St Monica on May 4, Eric IX of Sweden on May 18, St Boniface on June 5, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus on June 14, Benedict of Nursia on July 11, Birgitta of Sweden on July 23, St Anne, Mother of Mary on July 26, St Dominic on August 8, Augustine of Hippo on August 28, St Cyprian on September 16, Teresa of Avila on October 15, Martin de Porres on November 3, Martin of Tours on November 11, Elizabeth of Hungary on November 17, St Lucy on December 13.

Basil a martyr ; St. Chrysostom applies the same title to Eustachius of Antioch ; St. Paulinus of Nola writes of St. Felix of Nola that he won heavenly honours, sine sanguine martyr (" A bloodless martyr "); St. Gregory the Great styles Zeno of Verona as a martyr, and Metronius gives to St Roterius the same title.

* Great martyr John the New of Suceava, who suffered at Belgrade ( 1340 )

* Great martyr Euphemia the All-praised ( 451 )

* Great martyr Marina ( Margaret ) of Antioch in Pisidia ( 4th century )

Saint Gregory the Great calls him a martyr in his Dialogues ; Saint Ambrose, a contemporary of Zeno, does not.

* Great martyr Apostolos of St. Laurence, killed in Constantinople ( 1686 )

The Byzantine Procopius described three peoples living in Britain: Angles, Frisians and Britons, and the Danish author of Knútsdrápa celebrating the 11th-century Canute the Great used ' Frisians ' as a synonym of ' English '.

His name has also been given as Prokop Holý or Prokopius Rasus-latin translation (" the Shaven ," in allusion to his having received the tonsure in early life ), Procopius the Great, and Andrew Procopius.

The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches celebrate two feast days in honor of Gregory: January 25 as his primary feast and January 30, known as the feast of the Three Great Hierarchs, which commemorates him along with John Chrysoston and Basil of Caesarea.

Through Origen and especially the scholarly presbyter Pamphilus of Caesarea, an avid collector of books of Scripture, the theological school of Caesarea won a reputation for having the most extensive ecclesiastical library of the time, containing more than 30, 000 manuscripts: Gregory Nazianzus, Basil the Great, Jerome and others came and studied there.

" Ronald Hathaway provides a table listing most of the major identifications of Dionysius: e. g., Ammonius Saccas, Dionysius the Great, Peter the Fuller, Dionysius the Scholastic, Severus of Antioch, Sergius of Reshaina, unnamed Christian followers of everyone from Origen of Alexandria to Basil of Caesarea, Eutyches to Proclus.

* Basil the Great, Christian theologian, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia

* Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea Mazaca ( d. 379 )

* January 1 – Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea ( b. 330 )

Basil of Caesarea | Saint Basil the Great

* Basil the Great becomes bishop of Caesarea ( Cappadocia ).

The ancient Caesarea Maritima ( or Caesarea Palestinae ) city and harbor was built by Herod the Great about 25 – 13 BCE.

In 336, Eusebius of Caesarea gave a panegyric of Constantine the Great on the 30th year of his reign, in which he broke from tradition by celebrating the piety of the emperor, rather than his secular achievements.

Eusebius of Caesarea, however, mentions the age of 75, and thus the year 356 BC, making Seleucus the same age as Alexander the Great.

Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, ( 329 or 330 – January 1, 379 ) () was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor ( modern-day Turkey ).

Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea & Doctor of the Catholic Church

Basil the Great the Archbishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia Orthodox icon and synaxarion

The Cappadocian Fathers ( or Cappadocian philosophers ) are Basil the Great ( 330-379 ), who was bishop of Caesarea ; Basil's younger brother Gregory of Nyssa ( c. 332-395 ), who was bishop of Nyssa ; and a close friend, Gregory of Nazianzus ( 329-389 ), who became Patriarch of Constantinople.

This idea was current among many other early Christians including Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Leo the Great as well as Augustine

Among the first to set forth precepts for the monastic life was Saint Basil the Great, a man from a professional family who was educated in Caesarea, Constantinople, and Athens.

A milestone in the rise of Christianity was the conversion of Emperor Constantine the Great ( r. 306 – 337 ) in 312, as related by his panegyrist Eusebius of Caesarea, although the sincerity of his conversion is debated.

After the Roman garrison failed to stop Hellenists from desecrating a synagogue in Caesarea, however, the high priest suspended payment of tribute, inaugurating the Great Jewish Revolt.

Amongst his pupils were Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea.

* Saint Emmelia of Caesarea, mother of Saint Basil the Great ( 375 )

The capital was at Caesarea, not Jerusalem which had been the capital for King David, King Hezekiah, King Josiah, the Maccabees and Herod the Great.

The National Rail network of 10, 072 route miles ( 16, 116 km ) in Great Britain and 189 route miles ( 303 route km ) in Northern Ireland carries over 18, 000 passenger and 1, 000 freight trains daily.

Great Meadows ( 2010 Census population of 303 ) and Vienna ( population of 981 as of 2010 ) are census-designated places and unincorporated areas located within Independence Township.

Built and consecrated by St. Gregory the Illuminator and St. Trdat the Great in AD 303, the Cathedral is located in the city of Vagharshapat, Armenia.

With the Great Falls Dodgers in 1990, he hit. 303 with 30 stolen bases and was selected to the Pioneer League All-Star team.

* Wilson, Robert The Explorer King: Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax: Clarence King in the Old West ( 2006 ), Scribner, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-7432-6025-1 pp. 303 ( A biography of Clarence King with a chapter that shows his exposure of the Diamond Hoax was the highlight of his career.

During the Great Persecution ( 303 – 311 ), the emperor ordered Christian buildings and the homes of Christians torn down and their sacred books collected and burned.

* Romanus of Caesarea, martyr

* Hyacinth of Caesarea ( died 120 ), Early Christian martyr saint

* Asterius of Caesarea ( d. 262 ), Christian martyr and saint

The cathedral of Saint-Mammès is a late 12th-century structure dedicated to Mammes of Caesarea, a 3rd century martyr.

* Theophilus — martyr and saint ( see Dorothea of Caesarea )

The Greek Christian martyr Saint Eubulus was martyred in 308 at Caesarea Palestina

Saint Agapius was a Christian martyr killed at Caesarea in AD 306.

Saint Reparata (, ) was a third century Christian virgin and martyr, possibly mythical, of Caesarea in Palestine.

The earliest martyr at Caesarea was executed on June 7 ; the edict was in force at Cirta from May 19.