Saint Basilios of Constantinople

Also known as

• Basilios the Confessor
• Basil….

Memorial

• 27 February

Profile

Opposed the 8th-century iconoclast decrees of Leo the Isaurian, and preserved icons and images in his care. Beaten and imprisoned for this work, he was finally released after Leo’s death.

Died

• c.825 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Basilios of Constantinople“. Saints.SQPN.com. 26 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>