Saint Basillisa

Memorial

• 6 January (Martyrologium Hieronymianum)
• 9 January (Roman Martyrology)
• 8 January (Greek Menaea)
• 13 January (per Rabanus Maurus)
• 13 February on some calendars
• 21 June (Menology of Canisius)
• 5 July (Greek calendar)

Profile

Married chastely to Saint Julian. The two converted their home into a hospital which could house up to 1,000; Basilissa cared for sick indigent women in one wing, Julian cared for the men in another.

Died

• of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against chilblains

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Basillisa”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 October 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-basillisa/>