Brewer's: Basilian Monks

Monks of the Order of St. Basil, who lived in the fourth century. This Order has produced 14 popes, 1,805 bishops, 3,010 abbots, and 11,085 martyrs.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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