St. Basil
329 – 379
Greek

Christian Bishop, Saint. He lived an Ascetic life in the desert for a time, later became a Bishop, and zealously guarded Christian monotheism against the Arian heresy (see Arius).

Contemporaries
346–395Theodosius I
350–428Theodore of Mopsuestia
369–427Tao Qian
348–410Prudentius
340–385Priscillian
360–420Pelagius
fl. 350St. Pachomius
fl. 350St. Nicholas
?–355Donatus Magnus
332–363Julian
342–420St. Jerome
375–415Hypatia
291–371St. Hilarion
360–430Faxian
?–342Eusebius of Nicomedia
375–454Eutyches
264–340Eusebius of Caesarea
376–444Cyril of Alexandria
274–337Constantine I
fl. 350Chandragupta II
354–430St. Augustine
296–373St. Athanasius
250–336Arius
251–356St. Anthony
339–397St. Ambrose
370–410Alaric I