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Basilides

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About Basilides

The June 10 Roman Martyrology commemorates Basilides with Tripos, Mandales, and twenty other martyrs on Rome’s Aurelian Way. Oxford’s critical catalogue describes a Latin Passion for the group, composed by the ninth century at the latest. No secure individual life of Basilides emerges from this group record, which is distinct from other same-name commemorations.

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