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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Saint

Basil of Braga

A hierarch remembered by tradition among the first bishops of Braga.

Feast
May 23old style June 5
Reposed
901st century

Life

Saint Basil of Braga is recalled by tradition among the first bishops of Braga in present-⁠day Portugal: a Greek source counts him the second bishop, around AD 60 according to the episcopal lists, and the Western Orthodox calendar remembers him with Epitacius, the first bishop of Tuy in Galicia. They lived in the first century and are said to have died peacefully. They are remembered on 23 May.

Commemorated the same day May 23