ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 9, 2024 / 14:30 pm
Every Jan. 9 the Catholic Church commemorates St. Julian and his wife, St. Basilissa, who died around the year 304, most likely in Antinoe, Egypt, during the reign of Roman emperor Diocletian (284–305), who unleashed a cruel persecution against Christians.
Christian marriage and holiness
St. Julian and St. Basilissa lived a spousal love in perpetual and freely chosen virginity. Both had decided to offer to the Lord — each one on their own — to remain virgins for life. However, keeping such a promise in those times also brought demands and misunderstandings of all kinds for any young person of marriageable age. Even so, each one chose that path as a way to follow and to give their lives to the service of God and their fellow Christians in the faith.
Julian was the only son of a rich noble family where he was raised in a Christian environment. And, as usual, when he turned 18 his parents began making arrangements for his marriage. The young woman who was chosen, Basilissa, also belonged to the nobility.
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