St. Basil the Great
Commemorated May 30
- Feast day
- May 30
- Origin
- Caesarea
About the saint
At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the Saints Basil and his wife Emmelia, parents of St. Basil the Great, who lived in exile in the fastnesses of Pontus during the reign of Galerius Maximian, and after the persecution rested in peace, leaving their children the heirs of their virtues.