Martyr
Basilides of Alexandria
Martyr of Alexandria, who died around the year 205.
Life
Holy Martyr Basilides of Alexandria was a soldier in the Roman army and died around the year 205, during the persecution of Septimius Severus. His story is told by Eusebius of Caesarea.
He was the officer who escorted Saint Potamiaena, a young Christian condemned to death, to the place of her execution, and who shielded her from the insults of the crowd. Potamiaena told him she would ask the Lord to pray for him, and a few days later she appeared to him in a dream and crowned him. When his fellow soldiers asked him to swear an oath, Basilides declared that he was a Christian, was imprisoned, and then beheaded.
He is commemorated on 28 June, together with Saint Potamiaena.
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