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Saint Basilisa
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 3 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Nicomedia in Bithynia in present-day Turkey, Saint Basilisa, virgin and martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 3 September as a virgin and martyr of Nicomedia.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20960043 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.