Menologion of Basil II. The Holy Great-martyr Anastasia, XIe siècle
Sainte Basilisse
Martyre à Rome (+ v. 64)
En compagnie de son amie Anastasie, martyres romaines qui furent condamnées à mort pour avoir enseveli, selon la tradition, les saints Apôtres Pierre et Paul. Elles connurent les supplices habituels et cruels de la part de l'empereur Néron.
SOURCE :http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/981/Sainte-Basilisse.html
Sainte Anastasie
Martyrisée à Rome, au Ier siècle (✝ v. 64)
et son amie sainte Basilisse, martyres romaines qui furent condamnées à mort pour avoir enseveli, selon la tradition, les saints Apôtres Pierre et Paul. Elles connurent les supplices habituels et cruels de la part de l'empereur Néron.
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/309/Sainte-Anastasie.html
SS. Basilissa and Anastasia, Martyrs
THESE two noble women were disciples of the
apostles SS. Peter and Paul at Rome, and were beheaded by the order of Nero, as
the Roman and Greek Martyrologies testify.
Rev. Alban Butler (1711–73). Volume
IV: April.The Lives of the Saints.1866.
SOURCE : https://www.bartleby.com/210/4/152.html
Book of
Saints – Basilissa and Anastasia
Article
BASILISSA and ANASTASIA (Saints) Martyrs (April 15)
(1st century) Noble Roman ladies, who were among the first converts in the
metropolis of the Empire to Christianity. They are said to have given
honourable burial to the bodies of the Apostles, Saints Peter and Paul, and on
that account to have themselves perished in the massacre of Christians
instigated and carried out by the Emperor Nero (A.D. 68).
MLA Citation
Monks of Ramsgate. “Basilissa and Anastasia”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 21
August 2012.
Web. 15 April 2021.
<http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-basilissa-and-anastasia/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-basilissa-and-anastasia/April
15
Sts Anastasia and Basilissa of Rome
These two women might have buried Sts Peter and Paul
Martyrs (d. 68)
Their lives
+ According to tradition, Anastasia and Basilissa were
noble Roman women who were converted to the Christian Faith by Saints Peter and
Paul.
+ They courageously buried the bodies of Christians
martyred during the persecutions of the Emperor Nero. Some traditions say that
Anastasia and Basilissa were also responsible for burying the remains of Peter
and Paul after they were martyred.
+ The two women were eventually arrested and tortured,
but they refused to deny Christ.
+ Saints Anastasia and Basilissa were martyred in the
year 68 and are honored in both the Eastern and Western Churches. They are
honored as the patron saints of tailors.
+ A statue of Saint Basilissa is among those that line
the colonnade overlooking Saint Peter’s Square in Rome.
Spiritual Bonus
Holy Saturday is the day on which Catholics
traditionally honor the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title of “Our Lady of
Solitude,” recalling how Mary spent the day in mourning and prayer following
the death and burial of her Son.
Quote
Thus says the Lord:
In their affliction, they shall look for me:
““Come, let us return to the LORD,
For it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;
he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.
He will revive us after two days;
on the third day he will raise us up,
to live in his presence.”
—Hosea 6:1-2
Prayer
All-powerful and ever-living God,
your only Son went down among the dead
and rose again in glory.
In your goodness
raise up your faithful people,
buried with him in baptism,
to be one with him
in the eternal life of heaven,
where he lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God,
for ever and ever. Amen.
(from The Liturgy of the Hours)
Saint profiles prepared by Brother Silas Henderson, S.D.S.
SOURCE : https://aleteia.org/daily-prayer/saturday-april-15/
Saints Basilissa and Anastasia
Among the first holy Roman martyrs, Basilissa and Anastasia were disciples of Peter and Paul at the time of Emperor Nero. After the martyrdom of the two holy apostles they piously took care of the burial of their bodies.
Among the first holy Roman martyrs, Basilissa and
Anastasia were disciples of Peter and Paul at the time of Emperor Nero. After
the martyrdom of the two holy apostles they piously took care of the burial of
their bodies.
According to tradition it was the apostles
themselves who baptized the two women. Basilissa and Anastasia certainly
matured a great faith and charity, and were blessed with the virtue of
fortitude, thanks to which they remained firm in Christ even when put to the
test. In 64 the Great Fire of Rome took place and on that occasion Nero
unjustly blamed the Christians, initiating the first massive wave of
persecutions in the capital of the empire. It was at that historical juncture
that the upside down crucifixion of Peter and the beheading of Paul took place,
martyred a few kilometres from each other and on the same day (29 June 67, as a
consolidated tradition reports).
The Prince of the Apostles was buried in a Christian
property not far from Nero's Circus, where St Peter's Basilica stands
today. The body of the Apostle of the Gentiles was buried along the Via
Ostiense, where the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls was built. The
location of the two tombs, which soon became pilgrimage sites, was well known
to the Christian community of Rome, as attested by the testimony of Gaius, a
priest who lived at the time of Saint Zephyrinus (Pope from 199 to 217), who
wrote: “If you go to the Vatican or along the Via Ostiense, you will find the
trophies of the founders of the Church”. Only in the second half of the 3rd
century, due to the worsening of the persecutions, were the two corpses
temporarily transferred ad Catacumbas, that is, to the present Catacombs
of St. Sebastian.
Basilissa and Anastasia, for having given their
precious contribution to the burial of the two apostles, were probably even
more exposed to persecution. It is a fact that they were captured. Their
tormentors tried to make them recant their faith, subjecting them to various
tortures, from scourging to cutting off their tongues. But the two saints
continued to profess their faith in Christ until, in 68, they were beheaded by
order of Nero. The traditional date of their remembrance is April 15, but the
last editions of the Roman Martyrology have aggregated the two saints to the
group of “Roman Protomartyrs”, with general remembrance on June 30. According
to the Roman Diary of 1926, their relics are kept in the church of Santa Maria
della Pace.
SOURCE : https://newdailycompass.com/en/saints-basilissa-and-anastasia
Ss. Basilissa and Anastasia of Rome
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Joseph Wencker. Basilissa,1893
Also known as
Vasilissa
Profile
Born to the Imperial Roman nobility. Spiritual student
of Saint Peter
the Apostle and Saint Paul
the Apostle whose bodies she helped to bury. Martyred in
the persecutions of Nero.
c.68
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MLA Citation
“Saint Basilissa of Rome“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4
June 2020. Web. 15 April 2021.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-basilissa-of-rome/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-basilissa-of-rome/
Basilissa
Various female martyrs, attributed to
different localities yet bearing the common name of Basilissa, are referred to
in all the catalogues of martyrs both of
early Christianity and
of the Middle Ages;
their names also appear in the calendars and liturgical books of
the Greek and Roman Churches. Nothing is known positively as to any one of
these sufferers for the Christian Faith; the
Acts of their martyrdoms,
so far as such exist, are purely legendary and originated at a later date. The
fact, however, that the name occurs several times in the so-called martyrology of St. Jerome and in old
Greek catalogues is certain proof that that a
number of female martyrs named
Basilissa were actually venerated in the
ancient Church. At the same time, it is not impossible that the same martyr is recorded
on different days. Among these saints should be
mentioned: Julian and Basilissa of Antioch; in the martyrology of St. Jerome (ed.
Rossi-Duchesne, 6) they are given as martyrs under 6
January. A later legend makes Basilissa the virgin wife of Julian and narrates
that she died a natural death together with other virgins, while Julian
suffered martyrdom in
company with many other Christians during
the Diocletian persecution. The
same martyrology makes
mention, under 12 March, of a female martyr Basilissa,
wife of Felicio, and states the locality "in Asia". On the next
day 13 March, occurs the name of another martyr called
Basilissa, wife of the presbyter Eustacius
of Nicomedia.
Later legends, which were accepted by the Greek menologies and
synaxaria, speak of a virgin and martyr, Basilissa
of Nicomedia,
whose feast was celebrated on 3 September; this Basilissa is probably identical
with the one just mentioned. On 22 March the names of two martyrs, Basilissa and
Calinice, are given with the statement "in Galatia". Under 16 April
the old catalogues contain the names of a number of martyrs of Corinth, among whom
appears a Basilissa; according to later accounts these sufferers for the Faith
were all thrown in to the sea. Under the previous day, 15 April, two Roman
matrons, Basilissa and Anastasia, are recorded;
they apparently died in the persecution of Nero. Another female martyr of Rome, whose name is
sometimes written Basilla and sometimes Basilissa, was venerated on 20
May. She was buried,
it is stated, on the Via Salaria. The celebrated Roman martyr Basilla, who
died in 304 and whose feast is
entered from the year 354 under 22 September is the oldest known Roman
catalogue of feasts (Depositio martyrum), was buried in the catacomb of Hermes on the Via
Salaria Vetus. It is, therefore, a question whether the saint given under
20 May and this latter Basilla are not one and the same person; but the identity
of the two cannot be positively affirmed. The present martyrology includes
several of these saints;
9 January, Basilissa of Antioch; 22 March, Basilissa and Callinice; 15 April,
Basilissa and Anastasia; 3 September, Basilissa of Nicomedia.
Sources
For Basilissa of Antioch and her companions, Acta
SS., January, I, 570 sqq., and Mombritius, Sanctuarium, I, 216 sqq.; II,
45 sqq. For Basilissa and Anastasia, Acta SS., April, II, 372. For
Basilissa and Callinice, Ibid., March, III, 277. For Basilissa of
Nicomedia, Ibid., September, I, 609 sqq.
Kirsch, Johann
Peter. "Basilissa." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol.
2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 15 Apr.
2021 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02329c.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for
New Advent by Susan Birkenseer.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. 1907.
Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop
of New York.
Copyright © 2020 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
St. Anastasia
This martyr enjoys the
distinction, unique in the Roman liturgy, of having a special commemoration in
the second Mass on Christmas
day. This Mass was originally celebrated not in honour of the birth
of Christ, but
in commemoration of this martyr, and towards the
end of the fifth century her name was also inserted in the Roman canon of the Mass.
Nevertheless, she is not a Roman saint, for she suffered martyrdom at Sirmium, and was
not venerated at Rome until almost
the end of the fifth century. It is true that a later
legend, not earlier than the sixth century, makes Anastasia a Roman, though
even in this legend she did not suffer martyrdom at Rome. The same legend
connects her name with that of St. Chrysogonus,
likewise not a Roman martyr,
but put to death in Aquileia, though he had
a church in Rome dedicated
to his honour.
According to this "Passio", Anastasia was the daughter of
Praetextatus, a Roman vir illustris, and had Chrysogonus for a teacher.
Early in the persecution of Diocletian the Emperor summoned
Chrysogonus to Aquileia where he suffered martyrdom. Anastasia,
having gone from Aquileia to Sirmium to visit
the faithful of that place, was beheaded on the island of Palmaria, 25
December, and her body interred in the
house of Apollonia, which had been converted into a basilica. The whole
account is purely legendary, and rests on no historical foundations. All that
is certain is that a martyr named
Anastasia gave her life for the faith in Sirmium, and that her
memory was kept sacred in that church. The so-called "Martyrologium
Sieronymianum" (ed. De Rossi and
Duchesne, Acta SS., 2 November) records her name on 25 December, not for Sirmium alone, but
also for Constantinople, a circumstance based on a separate story. According to
Theodorus Lector (Hist. Eccles., II, 65), during the patriarchate of Gennadius (458-471)
the body of the martyr was
transferred to Constantinople and interred in a
church which had hitherto been known as "Anastasis" (Gr. Anastasis,
Resurrection); thenceforth the church took the name of Anastasia. Similarly the
cultus of St. Anastasia was introduced into Roman from Sirmium by means of
an already existing church. As this church was already quite famous, it brought
the feast of the saint into
especial prominence. There existed in Rome from the
fourth century, at the foot of the Palatine and above the Circus Maximus, a
church which had been adorned by Pope Damasus (366-384)
with a large mosaic.
It was known as "titulus Anastasix", and is mentioned as such in the
Acts of the Roman Council of 499. There is some uncertainty as to the origin of
this name; either the church owes its foundation to and was named after a Roman
matron Anastasia, as in the case of several other titular churches of Rome (Duchesne), or
it was originally an "Anastasis" church (dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ),
such as existed already at Ravenna and
Constantinople; from the word "Anastasis" came eventually the name
"titulus Anastasix" (Grisar). Whatever way this happened, the church
was an especially prominent one from the fourth to the sixth century, being the
only titular church in the centre of ancient Rome, and surrounded by
the monuments of the city's pagan past. Within
its jurisdiction was
the Palatine where the imperial court was located. Since the veneration of
the Sirmian martyr, Anastasia,
received a new impetus in Constantinople during the second half of the fifth
century, we may easily infer that the intimate contemporary relations between
Old and New Rome brought about an increase in devotion to St. Anastasia at the
foot of the Palatine. At all events the insertion of her name into the Roman
Canon of the Mass towards the end of the fifth century, show that she then
occupied a unique position among the saints publicly venerated at Rome. Thenceforth the
church on the Palatine is known as "titulus sanctx Anastasix", and
the martyr of Sirmium became the
titular saint of the old fourth-century basilica. Evidently because of its
position as titular church of the district including the imperial dwellings on
the Palatine this church long maintained an eminent rank among the churches
of Rome; only
two churches preceded it in honour: St. John
Lateran, the mother-church of Rome, and St. Mary
Major. This ancient sanctuary stands today quite isolated amid the ruins
of Rome. The
commemoration of St. Anastasia in the second Mass on Christmas day is
the last remnant of the former prominence enjoyed by this saint and her church
in the life of Christian Rome.
Kirsch, Johann Peter. "St.
Anastasia." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York:
Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 15 Apr.
2021 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01453a.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for
New Advent by Christine J. Murray.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March
1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal
Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2020 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
De hellige Basilissa og Anastasia av Roma
(d. ~68)
Minnedag: 15.
april
De hellige
Basilissa og Anastasia var to fornemme kvinner som levde i Roma i det første
århundret. Etter legenden ble de omvendt til kristendommen av de
hellige Peter og Paulus' prekener. Begge
apostlene ble drept av de romerske myndighetene, og de to kvinnene fant i
hemmelighet deres legemer i ly av nattemørket og ga dem en kristen begravelse.
Dette gjorde myndighetene rasende. De oppdaget hvem
som hadde gravlagt de to apostlene og kastet de to kvinnene i fengsel. Senere
ble de brakt for keiser Neros (54-68) tribunal. Verken Basilissa eller
Anastasia ville avsverge sin kristne tro, og som konsekvens ble de begge dømt
til å bli alvorlig lemlestet, det vil si at tungen ble revet ut og lemmene hogd
av. Deretter ble de halshogd (Acta Sanctorum, april, II, 372).
Deres minnedag er 15. april og deres navn står i
Martyrologium Romanum. Deres eksistens er imidlertid svært tvilsom. Bare grekerne
har nedtegnet deres historie, og mange moderne hagiografer tviler på deres
eksistens. Deres angivelige relikvier oppbevares i henhold til Diario
Romano fra 1926 i kirken Santa Maria
della Pace. I den siste utgaven (2001) nøyer man seg med å minnes dem
sammen med Kirkens
første martyrer i Roma den 30. juni. I kunsten avbildes de med hender,
føtter og hoder hogd av. De kan også avbildes mens de gravlegger legemene til
Peter og Paulus.
Det finnes flere kvinnelige martyrer ved navn
Basilissa som tilskrives ulike geografiske steder. Disse opptrer i alle
martyrkataloger, både fra de tidlige kristne tider og fra middelalderen, og i
kalendere og liturgiske bøker i de greske og romerske kirkene. Vi vet ikke noe
med sikkerhet om noen av disse, for i den grad deres martyrakter er bevart, er
de rent legendariske og stammer fra senere tider. Imidlertid utgjør det faktum
at navnet Basilissa opptrer flere ganger i det såkalte Martyrologium
Hieronymianum og i gamle greske kataloger, et sikkert bevis på at flere
kvinnelige martyrer ved navn Basilissa faktisk ble æret i den gamle Kirken.
Samtidig er det ikke umulig at det er snakk om den samme martyren som opptrer
på ulike datoer.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Bentley, Benedictines, Delaney, Bunson, KIR, CE, Infocatho,
Heiligenlexikon, santiebeati.it - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Opprettet: 2000-12-10 00:03 - - Sist oppdatert: 2009-01-22 16:06
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/banastas
