Feast January 9
Julian and Basilissa
Martyr, patron of Basilissa is invoked against chilblains · Feast January 9
Biography
Julian and Basilissa were husband and wife, and are venerated as saints in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. They were Christian martyrs who died at either Antioch or, more probably, at Antinoe, in the reign of Diocletian, early in the fourth century, on 6 January, according to the Roman Martyrology, or 8 January, according to the Greek Menaea.
Feast day
January 9
Patronage
Basilissa is invoked against chilblains
Death date
~304 AD
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
1
Feast day of month
9
