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Basil of Amaseia.

Bishop of Amaseia in Helenopontus, before 314-ca. 322. Martyred at Nicomedia in Bithynia under Licinius.

Synax.CP, April 26, par. 1 (cols. 629-632).

Simeon Metaphrastes, April 26.

BHG 239-240; BiblSS II 901-2; DHGE VI 1130-4; Fedalto 76; Holweck 139; LCI V 336.

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 274v. Bishop. Bust. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 78, figs. 2D12-2E1).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 37r. Bishop. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 68).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, west wall. Bishop, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 219, fig. T III 36; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 50; Petković, Dečani, p. 17, pl. CXXVI).

Gračanica. South aisle, south wall. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 27; Todić, Gračanica, p. 103; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV south wall 17).

Treskavac. Narthex, west wall. Martyrdom, beheading. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 313, fig. 39, pl. 160).

SEE ALSO: Publius of Nicomedia, April 28

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