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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Bassos, bishop and martyr under Decius or Valerian

Saint ID

S01127

Number in BH

G 271

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

260

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01950Fragmentary and scarcely legible Greek inscription, once implausibly presented as referring to a martyr shrine (martyrion) of *Phokas (martyr of Antioch, S00413), *Bassos (martyr of Syria, S01127), and *Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128). Found at Umm el-Mais near Ḥimṣ/Emesa (northwest Phoenicia). Probably late antique.