May 22 - Saint Basiliscus - Bishop of Comana - Martyr Lesson from Fr Alban Butler, 1773, Lives of the Saints. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints : compiled from original …More
May 22 - Saint Basiliscus - Bishop of Comana - Martyr
Lesson from Fr Alban Butler, 1773, Lives of the Saints. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints : compiled from original monuments and other authentic records : illustrated with the remarks of judicious modern critics and historians : Butler, Alban, 1711-1773 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Saint Basiliscus of Pontus
Also known as
Basiliscus of Comana
Basilicus
Basilisco
Memorial
22 May
3 March (Byzantine synaxary; as one of the Martyrs of Pontus)
30 July (Greek calendar)
Profile
Bishop of Comana in Pontus, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey). One of a large group of Christians who were tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Galerius for refusing to sacrifice to idols. Legend says that when Basiliscus announced his refusal, lightning struck the temple and toppled the statues. His spirit is reported to have met Saint John Chrysostom at his death bed to escort him to the afterlife in 407.
Died
beheaded c.310 in Comana, Pontus (in modern Turkey)
body thrown into the river Iris
body covertly recovered by local Christians and given proper burial in a freshly plowed field
a chapel was later built over his grave
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
cybrotius
Lesson from Fr Alban Butler, 1773, Lives of the Saints. The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints : compiled from original monuments and other authentic records : illustrated with the remarks of judicious modern critics and historians : Butler, Alban, 1711-1773 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Saint Basiliscus of Pontus
Also known as
Basiliscus of Comana
Basilicus
Basilisco
Memorial
22 May
3 March (Byzantine synaxary; as one of the Martyrs of Pontus)
30 July (Greek calendar)
Profile
Bishop of Comana in Pontus, Asia Minor (in modern Turkey). One of a large group of Christians who were tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Galerius for refusing to sacrifice to idols. Legend says that when Basiliscus announced his refusal, lightning struck the temple and toppled the statues. His spirit is reported to have met Saint John Chrysostom at his death bed to escort him to the afterlife in 407.
Died
beheaded c.310 in Comana, Pontus (in modern Turkey)
body thrown into the river Iris
body covertly recovered by local Christians and given proper burial in a freshly plowed field
a chapel was later built over his grave
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
cybrotius