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Sancti Basilisci, Martyris, Comanae Ponto. Lesson from Fr Alban Butler, 1773, Lives of the Saints.https://archive.org/details/livesoffathersma05butl/page/344...
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The Diocese of Pontus (Latin: Dioecesis Pontica, Greek: Διοίκησις Πόντου/Ποντικῆς) was a diocese of the later Roman Empire, incorporating the provinces of northern and northeastern Asia Minor up to the border with the Sassanid Empire in Armenia.
The Roman Martyrology says, under The Twenty-Second Day of May, At Comana, in Pontus, under the emperor Maximian and the governor Agrippa, the holy martyr Basiliscus, who was forced to wear iron shoes pierced with heated nails, and endured many other trials.
s. basiliscus, bishop of comana in pontus, m. HE received the crown of martyrdom together with St. Lucia, at Nicomedia, in 312, under the tyrant Maximinus Daia. Peace being soon after restored to the church, his body was honorably brought back to Comana.
Saint Basiliscus of Pontus, also known as Basiliscus of Comana, Basilicus, or Basilisco, was a revered figure in the early Christian Church. He served as the Bishop of Comana in Pontus, a region located in modern-day Turkey.
