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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Bassus, monk of mons Titas near Ariminum, probably late 5th-century

Saint ID

S01329

Reported Death Not Before

300

Reported Death Not After

511

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02786Letter from Eugippius to the Roman deacon Paschasius, introducing the former's Life of *Severinus (for which see E02347). Eugippius tells how he decided to record Severinus’ miracles, after reading an unnamed layman's Life of *Bassus (monk of mons Titas near Rimini, in north-east Italy, S01329); Eugippius asks Paschasius to use his Life to write a better account of Severinus, and refers to Severinus’ miracles at his shrine at Castellum Lucullanum. Written in Latin at Castellum Lucullanum (near Naples, southern Italy), in 511.