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Martyr

Basil of Antioch

A martyr of Antioch in Syria, a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.

Feast
November 20old style December 3
Era
3rd century
Place
Antioch, Syria
Order
Martyrs

Life

Basil of Antioch was a martyr at Antioch in Syria, a saint of the undivided Church.

The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 20 November. The Syriac Martyrology of 411 names on the same day, by the Julian calendar (old style), a martyr Basil, among the first, and the Latin Hieronymian Martyrology names Basil and Dionysius at Antioch. No other account of his life or death survives.

Commemorated the same day November 20