List of Famous people with last name Caesarea

Basil of Caesarea

First Name Basil
Last Name Caesarea
Died on January 1, 0379

Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great, was a Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor. He was an influential theologian who supported the Nicene Creed and opposed the heresies of the early Christian church, fighting against both Arianism and the followers of Apollinaris of Laodicea. His ability to balance his theological convictions with his political connections made Basil a powerful advocate for the Nicene position.

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Dorothea of Caesarea

First Name Dorothea
Born on January 1, 0279
Died on January 1, 0311 (aged 32)
Born in Turkey

Saint Dorothy is a 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or acta is very sparse. She is called a martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution, although her death occurred after the resignation of Diocletian himself. She should not be confused with another 4th-century saint, Dorothea of Alexandria.

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Emmelia of Caesarea

First Name Emmelia
Born on November 30, 0349
Died on November 30, 0374 (aged 25)

Emmelia of Caesarea was born in Cappadocia, a province of the Roman Empire. She died May 30, 375 AD. She was born in the late third to early fourth century, a period in time when Christianity was becoming more widespread, posing a challenge to the Roman government and its pagan rule. She was the wife of Basil the Elder and bore nine or ten children, including Basil of Caesarea, Macrina the Younger, Peter of Sebaste, Gregory of Nyssa, and Naucratius.

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Walter III of Caesarea

First Name Walter
Last Name Caesarea
Born on January 1, 1200
Died on June 24, 1229 (aged 29)

Walter III, sometimes called Walter de Brisebarre or Walter Grenier, was the Constable of the Kingdom of Cyprus from 1206 and Lord of Caesarea in the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1216. He was the eldest son of Juliana Grenier, Lady of Caesarea, and Guy de Brisebarre. Since he was witnessing royal charters by 1195, he must have been born no later than 1180. In the 1220s he was generally referred to as "the old lord of Caesarea", although probably only in his fifties. He took part in two Crusades and in two civil wars on the side of the House of Ibelin.

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Walter I Grenier, Lord of Caesarea

First Name Walter
Last Name Caesarea
Born on January 1, 1200
Died on January 1, 1154

Walter I Grenier was the Lord of Caesarea in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Eustace. He was the twin brother of Gerard Grenier, Lord of Sidon. He was a member of the House of Grenier.

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John of Caesarea

First Name John
Last Name Caesarea
Born on January 1, 1300
Died on November 30, 1238

John was the Lord of Caesarea from 1229 and an important figure in the kingdoms of Cyprus and Jerusalem. He was the only son of Walter III of Caesarea and Marguerite d'Ibelin, daughter of Balian of Ibelin. He was often called "the young lord of Caesarea" throughout his life to distinguish him from his father, who had been called "the old lord of Caesarea".

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Eusebius of Caesarea

First Name Eusebius
Died on May 1, 0339

Eusebius of Caesarea, also known as Eusebius Pamphili, was a historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist. He became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima about AD 314. Together with Pamphilus, he was a scholar of the Biblical canon and is regarded as one of the most learned Christians of his time. He wrote Demonstrations of the Gospel, Preparations for the Gospel and On Discrepancies between the Gospels, studies of the Biblical text. As "Father of Church History", he produced the Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of Pamphilus, the Chronicle and On the Martyrs. He also produced a biographical work on Constantine the Great, the first Christian Emperor, who was augustus between AD 306 and AD 337.

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Mammes of Caesarea

First Name Mammes
Born on January 1, 0259
Died on January 1, 0275 (aged 16)

Saint Mammes of Caesarea was a child-martyr of the 3rd century, who was martyred at Caesarea. His parents, Theodotus and Rufina, were also martyred.

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Romanus of Caesarea

First Name Romanus
Last Name Caesarea
Born on January 1, 0201
Died on January 1, 0303 (aged 102)

Saint Romanus of Caesarea is venerated as a martyr. In 303 or 304, at the beginning of the Diocletian persecution, a deacon called Romanus of Caesarea in Palestine suffered martyrdom at Antioch. He was taken prisoner, was condemned to death by fire, and was bound to the stake; however, as Emperor Galerius was then in Antioch, Romanus was brought before him. At the emperor's command Romanus' tongue was cut out. Tortured in various ways in prison he was finally strangled.

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