Martyr · 4th century
Martyr Bassa of Edessa and her sons
Also known as Bassa · Theogonius · Agapius · Pistus
A Christian mother who taught the faith to her sons despite her pagan-priest husband, and suffered martyrdom with them under Maximian Galerius.
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Notes
Named family group kept as one row.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints