Saint Basil

Memorial

• 4 March (Latin calendar)
• 7 March (Greek calendar)

Profile

Missionary bishop to the Crimea and southern Russia in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. Martyr.

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Basil”. Saints.SQPN.com. 19 August 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-basil-4-march/>