Saint Bassus the Senator

Memorial

• 20 January

Profile

Imperial Roman senator. During the persecutions of Diocletian he was exposed as a Christian. He was removed from office, arrested, tortured and martyred.

Died

• limbs hacked off and his body thrown into a pit to bleed to death

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bassus the Senator”. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2010. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bassus-the-senator/>