BASIL

surnamed ‘ the Great,” 3. 329,, 879, the most distinguished of the thers of the Greek Church. He led a fe of asceticism, and his rules for monastic ders aro still followed in the Eastern burch. He became bishop of Caeserea, ’ —— 870, and was s powerful Ivocate of the orthcdox faith in the raggie with Arianisr. ett ates DI ahs eS 3 palace, but the name was applied by = to c hall in which justice was I ministered or busine transacted. The ali usually included a nave, aisles surounted by galleries, and a semicircular pse at one end. Many Roman Basilicas ero afterwards ea for use as hristian Churches, and the plans for new laces of worship followed similar lines.!) A code of laws compiled by Basil L, mperor of the East, and his son Leo, rst published in sixty books In $87. [s. 64]