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Vasilissa (300–309) is venerated as a child martyr by the Christian Church. According to tradition she was a small child when martyred suffering in Nicomedia not long after the death of Anthimus. According to Russian Orthodox tradition the torturers covered her whole body with wounds but she remained faithful to Jesus Christ.She was also tortured with fire and before wild beasts yet remained unscathed. Her torturer Alexander seeing these wonders repented and became a Christian.

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