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