Name
Basiliskos, martyr of Komana in Pontus
Saint ID
S00388
Number in BH
BHG 241
Reported Death Not Before
304
Reported Death Not After
306
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E00592 | Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting *Basiliskos (probably the martyr of Komana in Pontus, S00388), with an inscription describing him as a soldier, and indicating April as the month of his festival. | E02055 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Eutropios, Kleonikos, and *Basiliskos (martyrs of Pontus, S01152 and S00388) recounts the trial of three men at Amaseia after the martyrdom of *Theodoros the Recruit (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480). The text mentions the death and burial sites of Eutropios and Kleonikos in villages around Amaseia, and miracles occurring there. Presumably written in Pontus (northern Asia Minor), in the 5th c. or later. | E02110 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Basiliskos (martyr of Komana in Pontus, S00388) recounts the martyrdom of a Christian arrested in Amaseia, and executed in Komana, after a journey through the villages of Pontus (northern Asia Minor). Written presumably in Pontus, in the 6th c. or later. | E02400 | Palladius of Helenopolis in his Historical Dialogue on the Life of *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779), written in 408 or shortly after, recounts the death and burial of John at the shrine of the martyr *Basiliskos (S00388) at Komana/Comana in Pontus (northern Asia Minor). Chrysostom is forewarned of his death by Basiliskos, and is buried with the honours of a martyr. Written in Greek at Syene (Aswan, Upper Egypt). | E03591 | Marcellinus Comes, in his Chronicle, records that when *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779) died in exile in Komana (northern Asia Minor), the people buried him at the tomb of *Basiliskos (martyr of Komana, S00388), after being instructed to do so by Basiliskos in their dreams. Written in Latin in Constantinople, 518/534. | E03667 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 3 March*Eutropios and Kleonikos, and *Basiliskos (martyrs of Pontus, S01152 and S00388), *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *Agapios (probably the martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00188), *Gerasimos (anchorite, founder of a monastery in the Judean desert, S01507), and *Porphyrios (bishop of Gaza, ob. 420, S01368). | E03725 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 April *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), *Basiliskos and Eutropios (martyrs of Pontus, S00388 and S01152), *James (the Apostle, son of Zebedee, S00108). | E04625 | The presbyter Chrysippus of Jerusalem, in his Encomium and Miracles of *Theodoros (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), delivered during a festival in Jerusalem, recounts the martyrdom of the saint, and twelve miracles which present Theodoros primarily as an avenger of theft; most of the stories take place at the saint's shrine in Pontus (northern Asia Minor), revealing aspects of its life; one miracle tells of a shrine to Theodoros in Constantinople. Written in Greek, probably in Jerusalem, 455/479. | E06901 | Two Greek 'epic' Martyrdoms of *Eutropios and Kleonikos, and *Basiliskos (martyrs of Pontus, S01152, and S00388). Skeleton entry |
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