Saint Basilissa of Rome

Also known as

• Vasilissa

Memorial

• 15 April

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Born to the Imperial Roman nobility. Spiritual student of Saint Peter the Apostle and Saint Paul the Apostle whose bodies she helped to bury. Martyred in the persecutions of Nero.

Died

• c.68

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• tailors
• Xativa, Spain

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Holy Trinity Orthodox
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Santi e Beati
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Basilissa of Rome“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>