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Besas
soldier and martyr at Alexandria
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Feast: 27 February (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
In the same place, Saint Besas, martyr, who, a soldier, trying to restrain those who were insulting the earlier martyrs, was denounced to the judge and, standing firm in the faith, was beheaded.
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 27 February as a soldier who was beheaded for defending the martyrs from insult and standing firm in the faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R1fe6073d — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.