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Martyr

Basil

A martyr of Thessalonica, commemorated in the calendar of the Church of Greece.

Feast
March 14old style March 27
Era
unknown
Place
Thessaloniki
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Basil suffered at Thessalonica, in the first years of Christianity, together with Euphrasius and other Christians. They are commemorated on 14 March (new style) in the Greek synaxarion.

The calendar lists them in a company that includes Peter and Aphrodisius. No other details of their lives have survived in the source consulted.

Commemorated the same day March 14