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Saint Pistus, Son of Bassa

Martyr
Edessa
Feast day: August 21

Group icon of Bassa and her sons: Agapius at left, Pistus in front and Theognius at right. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Pistus was a son of Bassa and Valerius and a brother of Theognius and Agapius. Their Christian mother raised them in her faith. The received life includes Pistus among the three sons imprisoned with Bassa, tortured before her and eventually beheaded.

The Eastern Orthodox Church remembers saints in prayer and commemoration. Their lives offer examples for Christians learning to live their faith.

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