Saint Bassian of Lodi

Also known as

• Bassiano di Lodi
• Bassianus

Memorial

• 19 January

Profile

Son of Servius, prefect of Syracuse, Sicily. Student in Rome, Italy. Convert to Christianity. His family opposed the conversion, and when Bassian was ordered back to Syracuse, he fled to Ravenna, Italy. Bishop of Lodi, Italy c.373. Attended the Council of Aquileia in 381. Friend of Saint Felix of Como and of Saint Ambrose of Milan; Bassian was at the deathbed of Saint Ambrose.

Born

• c.320 in Syracuse, Sicily

Died

• 413 in Lodi, Italy of natural causes
• following a military defeat of Lodi by Milan in 1158, Bassian’s relics were taken to Milan
• relics returned to Lodi in 1163

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Bassano del Grappa, Italy
• Lodi, Italy
• San Bassano, Italy

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bassian of Lodi“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>