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Basilissa and Anastasia
Christian martyrs
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 15 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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Died
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Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Basilissa and Anastasia (died 68 AD) are early Christian martyrs of Rome, put to death during the reign of Nero. They were among the first converts to Christianity in the 1st century after Christ.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 15 April; Santi e Beati — "Sante Anastasia e Basilissa, Martiri, † Roma, 68 ca., festa 15 aprile"; Butler 15 April: "SS. Basilissa and Anastasia, martyrs".
- Wikidata Q810159 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Basilissa and Anastasia (CC BY-SA)
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