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Basilius of Ancyra, bp. of Ancyra Basilius of Ancyra (, also called Basilas, Socr. ii. 42), a native of Ancyra, originally a physician (Hieron. de Vir. Ill. 89; Suidas, s.v.), and subsequently bp. of that city, a.d.336-360, one of the most respectable prelates of the semi-Arian party, whose essential orthodoxy was acknowledged by Athanasius himself, … Continue reading “Basilius of Ancyra, bp. of Ancyra”

Basilius of Ancyra, a presybter Basilius of Ancyra, a presbyter who became a martyr under Julian a.d.362. During the reign of Constantius he had been an uncompromising opponent of Arianism. He was more than once apprehended by the provincial governors, but recovered his liberty. The Arian council under Eudoxius at Constantinople in 360 forbade him … Continue reading “Basilius of Ancyra, a presybter”

Basilius, friend of Chrysostom Basilius, the intimate friend of Chrysostom, with whom he resolved on the adoption of an ascetic life, and whose consecration to the episcopate he secured by a strange deception. His see is unknown, but was probably near Antioch. [E.V.] Fuente: Wace’s Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature

Basilius, bp. of Seleucia Basilius, bp. of Seleucia, in Isauria, and metropolitan, succeeded Dexianus, who attended the council at Ephesus, and therefore after 431. He is erroneously identified by Photius with the early friend of Chrysostom, who must have been considerably his senior (Tillemont, xv. p. 340). He is very unfavourably known from the vacillation … Continue reading “Basilius, bp. of Seleucia”

Basilius, bp. of Caesarea in Cappadocia Basilius, bp. of Caesarea in Cappadocia, commonly called Basil the Great, the strenuous champion of orthodoxy in the East, the restorer of union to the divided Oriental church, and the promoter of unity between the East and the West, was born at Caesarea (originally called Mazaca), the capital of … Continue reading “Basilius, bp. of Caesarea in Cappadocia”

Basilius SEE BASIL. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Basilissa Various female martyrs, attributed to different localities yet bearing the common name of Basilissa, are referred to in all the catalogues of martyrs both of early Christianity and of the Middle Ages; their names also appear in the calendars and liturgical books of the Greek and Roman Churches. Nothing is known positively as to … Continue reading “Basilissa”

basilisk (Greek: basiliskos, little king) A fabulous monster formerly believed to exist in Africa and sometimes identified with the cockatrice. Its breath and even its look were reputed fatal, it being successfully combated only by the weasel or by means of a mirror. It is described as about a foot long, black and red in … Continue reading “Basilisk”

Basiliscus, bp. of Comana Basiliscus, martyr, bp. of Comana, martyred with Lucianus at Nicomedia under Maximin, a.d.312 (Pallad. Dial. de V. St. Chrys. xi., misreading, however, Maximian for Maximin). St. Chrysostom, when exiled, was received upon his journey in a “martyrium,” built some five or six miles out of Comana in memory of Basiliscus, and … Continue reading “Basiliscus, bp. of Comana”

Basiliscus (1) was bishop of Comanes, or Comana, in Pontus, who, according to Palladius (Dial, de Vita S. Joh. Chrys. c. 11), was martyred at Nicomedia, about 312, during the persecution of the emperor Maximinus, together with the celebrated St. Lucia, priest of Antioch. When peace was restored to the Church, the body of St. … Continue reading “Basiliscus (2)”