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- Hieromartyr Basil, bishop of Amasia and Righteous Virgin Glaphyra (322)
- Licinius was co-emperor with Constantine the Great. At his
accession, he had agreed to tolerate Christianity in his territories,
but soon turned to persecuting the Christians, and to a variety of
carnal sins. He conceived a passion for Glaphyra, a Christian virgin
handmaid of the Empress Constantia. When Glaphyra told Constantia of
this, the Empress sent her away to Amasia in the East for her
protection. There she was received and protected by Bishop Basil of that
city. Licinius learned where Glaphyra was hiding and ordered that both
she and the bishop be brought to him as prisoners. The soldiers who came
for her found that she had already died, so they returned with only
Bishop Basil, who was subjected to cruel tortures, then beheaded. His
body was cast into the sea, but, with the help of an angel of God, his
people found his body, retrieved it from the sea, and returned it to
Amasia.
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The Prologue adds, "The Emperor Constantine
raised an army against Licinius, overcame him, arrested him and sent him
into exile in Gaul, where he ended his God-hating days."
source: http://www.abbamoses.com
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