Martyr Basiliscus Bishop of Comana

Also known as Basiliscus of Comana

A nephew of the Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit who, having confessed Christ with his kinsmen, was kept in prison and at last martyred near Comana in Pontus, where a church rose over his relics.

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Notes

Also named in the group commemoration of Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus on Mar 3 (OS-0762).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints