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Basil of Parium
bishop of Parium
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 12 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Parium on the Hellespont, in present-day Turkey, Saint Basil, bishop, who for the veneration of the sacred images suffered beatings, prison and exile.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 12 April as a bishop of Parium who was beaten, imprisoned and exiled for the veneration of the sacred images.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 12 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R98c2a623 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.