Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Charities & confraternities

Basiliad

BASILIADE

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BASILIAD. - A hospital-city founded by St. Basil, bishop of Caesarea, a short distance from the walls of that city. Surrounded by a vast enclosure and duly divided inside according to the various illnesses, it was however particularly intended for the shelter of the poor lepers, driven out from every side and forced to wander without a fixed abode. The wounded also found particular welcome there.

The B. [Basiliade], the first example of hospitalization in the Eastern empire, is considered the most grandiose work of charitable assistance of Christian antiquity.

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BIBL.: S. Gregorio Nazianzeno, Oratio XLIII, 63; Sozomeno, Hist. ecl., VI, 34; Teodoreto, Hist. ecl., IV, 19.

Adalberto Pazzini

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 950.

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Pazzini, Adalberto. “Basiliade.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 950. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/basiliade.

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Pazzini, Adalberto. “Basiliade.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 950. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/basiliade.

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@incollection{ec2_basiliade,
  author    = {Pazzini, Adalberto},
  title     = {Basiliade},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {950},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/basiliade}
}

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