Saint Bassus of Nice (179 ca. – 250 AD) is a 3rd-century Roman Catholic saint and martyr,Catholicsaints.info: Saint Bassus of Nice traditionally the earliest named bishop of Nice. Cupramarittima.net: P.D. Faustino Mostardi, San Basso da Nizza a Cupra (under the auspices of the Comitato Festeggiamenti San Basso Cupra Marittima, Este, 1962)
He was active on the Côte d'Azur, and was martyred for his faith under the Emperor Decius by being burned with red-hot blades and pierced from head to feet by two large shipbuilding nails, one through each foot.Saint Bassus.
He is venerated as a saint. His feast day is 5 December. He is the patron saint of Cupra Marittima in Italy, where his body was taken after his death, and since 1922 or 1923 the second patron saint of Nice.Nice-Historique, p. 245
See also Decian persecution
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