# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basil-of-amasea
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:39:37.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basil-of-amasea"
name: "Basil of Amasea"
slug: "basil-of-amasea"
description: "Basil of Amasea was a fourth-century Christian bishop and martyr.\nIn Jerome's Latin version of the Chronicle of Eusebius, the statement occurs under the 275th Olympiad (321–324) that Basileus, Bishop of Amasea in Pontus, suffered martyrdom in the reign of Licinius. Among the signatures of the bishops who attended the Council of Ancyra and Council of Neo-Caesarea (314) is to be found the name of Basileus of Amasea. Eusebius also relates that in the time of Licinius Christians were treated with great cruelty, especially in Amasea and the other cities of Pontus, and that, in particular, the governor inflicted upon several bishops the ordinary punishments of evildoers."
tagline: "Bishop and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%96%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%85_(1903-1911)_-_%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_08261_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "296"
deathDate: "322"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.003636
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Василій Амасійський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basili_d'Amasia"
    title: "Basili d'Amasia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Amasea"
    title: "Basil of Amasea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basileo_di_Amasea"
    title: "Basileo di Amasea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazyli_Amazejski"
    title: "Bazyli Amazejski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Василий Амасийский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5_%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Василије Амасијски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilei_wa_Amasea"
    title: "Basilei wa Amasea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1136050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump