Saint Bassa of Edessa

Memorial

• 21 August

Profile

A devout Christian woman married to a pagan priest. Mother of Saint Theogonius, Saint Agapius and Saint Fidelis. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian. She was forced to watch her three sons be executed first; she prayed for them and encouraged them to not abandon their faith.

Died

• c.304 in Edessa, Syria

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bassa of Edessa”. Saints.SQPN.com. 22 August 2012. Web. 18 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bassa-of-edessa/>