Name
Basileus, bishop and martyr of Amasea, ob. c. 320
Saint ID
S01634
Number in BH
BHG 239-240
Reported Death Not Before
308
Reported Death Not After
324
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E03711 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 April *Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea, S01634), *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), and *Eirene (possibly the martyr of Thessalonike, S00206). | E03721 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 26 April *Hesychios (martyr of Antioch, S01034), *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Agapios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S01804), *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612) and *Alexandros and his companions (possibly martyrs in Egypt under Julian, S01190), *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293), and *Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea S01634). | E03722 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 27 April *Christophoros (martyr of Pamphylia, perhaps under Decius, S00616), *Kodratos (soldier and martyr in Ptolemais under Aurelian, S01602) or *Kodratos (martyr in Hellespontus, S01159), *Nestabos (martyr in Gaza under the emperor Julian, S01653), and *Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea, S01634). | E04192 | Eustratius of Constantinople in his tract On the State of Souls after Death, argues that miracles and visions are performed by the souls of the saints personally, responding to those who deny the posthumous activity of the soul and ascribe miracles to divine powers assuming the forms of the saints. He quotes from several hagiographic works. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 583/602. | E07127 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea, S01634) by the priest Ioannes of Nicomedia, recounts the martyrdom of its hero in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), the retrieval of his body in Sinope, and his burial at a church in Amasea (northern Asia Minor), mentioning his feasts on 28 March and 26 April. It also exhorts future copyists to avoid changing the text for fear of heretical alteration. Written in Nicomedia or Amasea, in the late 4th or the 5th century. |
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