Martyr
Bassus
Martyr of Africa
A martyr in Africa, remembered in the ancient martyrologies of the Church.
Life
Saint Bassus, Martyr, suffered in Africa, in the persecution of Decius, in the stone quarry, as a companion of Mappalicus. He is commemorated on 19 April, by the Western calendar, together with Credula and Donatus. The Roman Martyrology commemorates on the same day Mappalicus "and many others who were crowned with martyrdom, as is related by Saint Cyprian in his epistle to the Martyrs and Confessors". The sources consulted give no other details about him.
Commemorated the same day April 19
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