Macrina may refer to:
*Saint
Macrina the Elder
Macrina the Elder (; before AD 270 – ) was the mother of Basil the Elder, and the grandmother of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Peter of Sebaste, and Macrina the Younger.
Life
The works of her grandson Basil indicate that she stu ...
(before 270 – c. 340), saint and mother and grandmother of several saints, patron saint of widows
*Saint
Macrina the Younger
Macrina the Younger (; c. 327 – 19 July 379) was an early Christian consecrated virgin and deaconess. Macrina was elder sister of Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Naucratius and Peter of Sebaste. Gregory of Nyssa wrote a work entitled ''Li ...
, (324 – 379), daughter of Saint Basil the Elder and granddaughter of the above
*Măcrina, a village in
Puieşti Commune, Buzău County, Romania
* ''
Macrina (insect)'', a genus of
shield bugs
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in the
tribe
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Phyllocephalini
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