St. Basileus
Commemorated April 26
- Feast day
- April 26
- Origin
- Amasea
About the saint
At Amasea, in Pontus, St. Basileus, bishop and martyr, whose illustrious martyrdom occurred under the emperor Licinius. His body was thrown into the sea; but being found by Elpidiphorus, through the revelation of an angel, it was honorably entombed.