Gregory of Nazianzus calls Basil a Cappadocian in Ep. vi., and speaks of their both belonging to the same πατρίς.  In his Homily In Gordium martyrem, Basil mentions the adornment of Cæsarea as being his own adornment.  In Epp. lxxvi. and xcvi. he calls Cappadocia his πατρίς.  In Ep. lxxiv., Cæsarea.  In Ep. li. it is doubtful whether it is Pontus, whence he writes, which is his πατρίς, or Cæsarea, of which he is writing.  In Ep. lxxxvii. it is apparently Pontus.  Gregory of Nyssa (Orat. I. in xl. Mart.) calls Sebaste the πατρίς of his forefathers, possibly because Sebaste had at one time been under the jurisdiction of Cappadocia.  So in the N.T. πατρίς is the place of the early life and education of our Lord.