Name
Basileios, martyr of Scythopolis (Palestine)
Saint ID
S01150
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E02045 | Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the completion of a church (naos) dedicated to a martyr *Basileios (probably, Basileios martyr of Scythopolis, S01150). Found at Riḥāb, between Bostra and Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan/the Roman province of Arabia). Dated 594. | E04122 | Floor mosaic with a fragmentary Greek inscription referring to an unnamed martyr, possibly *Basileios (martyr of Scythopolis, S01150). Found in the so-called 'church of the martyr' at Scythopolis/Skythopolis (Roman province of Palaestina II). Presumably mid-6th c. | E06468 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry | E07913 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, on a route northwards from Jerusalem notes Neapolis as the burial site of Joseph (Old Testament patriarch, S00277), Sebastea as the place where John (the Baptist, S00020) was beheaded, and Scythopolis as the site of the martyrdom of Basileios (martyr of Scythopolis/Skythopolis, S01150). Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. |
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