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grbs-16178	Busine, Aude	Basil and Basilissa at Ancyra: Local Legends, Hagiography, and Cult	2019	25	.pdf	application/pdf	9343	393	58	However, the nature and provenance of the data provided by the Church historian about Basil martyr have never been prop- erly exploited,9 notably because this issue was overshadowed by the vivid discussion between David Woods and Hans Teitler about the authenticity of the Passion (BHG 242).10 This text, similar in form and content to sixth-century hagiographical works, provides an expanded version of Sozomen, relating Basil’s struggle against Eudoxius’ partisans (§2), his opposition to idolatry under Julian (3–4), and his arrest and martyrdom (5– 20). Sozomen’s passage about Basil martyr was thus shaped through the mixing of a historical kernel and later ad- ditions, based on an approximate knowledge of the life of a historical bishop together with the frequent habit of linking the death of a local saint to the persecution of Julian.30 Christianizing the King and the Queen gods of Ancyra Hitherto, the traditional confidence in Sozomen has allowed a simple explanation of the origin of the cult of Basil of Ancyra together with a clear terminus post quem: this cult would have developed subsequent to the death of a historical fourth-century martyr.	cache/grbs-16178.pdf	txt/grbs-16178.txt