Basilios 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VIII
PmbZ No.892
ReligionChristian
LocationsGotthia (Tauric Chersonese) (residence);
Gotthia (Tauric Chersonese)
OccupationMonk
Textual SourcesVita Ioannis Gotthiae (BHG 891), AASS June VII, pp. 167-171 (hagiography)

Basilios 1 was a disciple (μαθητής) of bishop John of Gotthia (Ioannes 6); he was a monk ( μοναχός); he once thought of going away but was dissuaded by Ioannes 6 who had read his thoughts: Vita Ioannis Gotthiae, pp.193-4.

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