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Basilissa

Portrait of Basilissa

About Basilissa

The received Acts portray Basilissa as Julian’s wife in a Christian community at Antinoë and associate them with care for the sick. The Orthodox Church in America retells their deaths and those of their companions. The Catholic Encyclopedia calls the Acts a pious romance and notes uncertainty about chronology and setting, so the narrative details remain attributed tradition.

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