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SAINT BASSUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 20 JANUARY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 20th of January WELCOME! SAINT BASSUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saints Bassus, Eusebius , Eutychius and Basilides were martyrs. They are venerated chiefly by the Greeks. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 415) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Bassus, Eusebius, Eutychius and Basilides may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

SAINT BASSUS, BISHOP OF NICAEA, MARTYR - 5 DECEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of December SAINT BASSUS, BISHOP OF NICAEA, MARTYR Today, we also commemorate Saint Bassus. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Nicaea, near the river Var, Saint Bassus, bishop. In the persecution of Decius and Valerian, he was tortured by the governor Perennius for the faith of Christ, burned with hot plates of metal, beaten with rods and whips garnished with pieces of iron, and thrown into the fire. Having come out of it unhurt, he was transfixed with two spikes, and thus terminated an illustrious martyrdom." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Bassus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

SAINT BASSUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS - 20 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 20th of November WELCOME! SAINT BASSUS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Today, we also commemorate  Saint Bassus and Companions. The Roman Martyrology states:  "At Heraclea, in Thrace, the holy martyrs Bassus, Dionysius, Agapitus and forty others." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Bassus, Dionysius, Agapitus, and Companions may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

SAINTS MAXIMUS, BASSUS, AND FABIUS, MARTYRS - 11 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 11th of May WELCOME! SAINTS MAXIMUS, BASSUS, AND FABIUS, MARTYRS  Today, we also commemorate Saints Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius. The Roman Martyrology states:  "Also, at Rome, the holy martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius, who were put to death on the Salarian way, in the time of Diocletian." PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Maximus, Bassus, and Fabius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.