Saint Basilides the Senator

Memorial

• 20 January

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Imperial Roman senator. During the persecutions of Diocletian he was exposed as a Christian. He was removed from office, arrested, tortured and martyred.

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Basilides the Senator”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-basilides-the-senator/>