Saint Bassus of Nice

Also known as

• Basse of Nice

Memorial

• 5 December

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First bishop of Nice, France. Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Trajanus Decius.

Died

• nailed by two large metal brads to a board c.250

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Nice, France, diocese of

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bassus of Nice”. Saints.SQPN.com. 4 November 2009. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bassus-of-nice/>