Saint Basilissa of Antioch

Memorial

• 9 January

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Married to Saint Julian of Antioch, they agreed to mutual vows of chastity, and lived as brother and sister, devoted to their faith. She encouraged him during his tribulations in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Born

• Syrian

Died

• Antioch, Syria of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Arbós, Spain
• Argentona, Spain
• Campos, Spain
• Galliners, Spain
• Llissa de Munt, Spain
• Morella, Spain
• San Julián de Loria, Andorra
• San Julián de Ramis, Spain
• San Julián de Vilatorta, Spain
• Somió, Spain
• Verges, Spain

Additional Information

• Abbe Stephane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Basilissa of Antioch“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>