ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 8th of September WELCOME! BASILIDES, CONFESSOR Basilides (remembered on September 8) is listed as a saint in a Coptic menologium *; he is said to have raised an army against Diocletian to fight for the faith. The Bollandists *, however, consider this account to be legendary. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 407) *A hagiography source used by the authors Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org