There was a certain bishop named Basilius, who had learned in a school together with this same Julian.
Basilius' son and successor, Leo the Philosopher—a title cheaply purchased in those times—excelled his father in intolerance.
The latest of certain date is that of Basilius, consul of the East in 541, the last of the consuls.
Basilius, who ascended the throne in about 850, was comparatively a just and mild ruler.
But after some time the apostate repented and confessed to the holy Basilius what he had done.
