Basil (disambiguation)
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Basil is a plant and seasoning.
Basil may also refer to:
Basil as a name including:
Historical religious leaders:
- Basil of Caesarea, also known as Basil the Great, a 4th century bishop of Caesarea
- Basil Fool for Christ, a Russian saint
- Basil of Ostrog, Saint Vasilije, Serbian religious leader
- Basil the Physician, Bogomil
- Basil of Seleucia, a metropolitan bishop of Seleucia ad Calycadnum
- Basil the Confessor
Historical emperors:
- Basil I the Macedonian, Byzantine E. (811-886, ruled from 867)
- Basil II Bulgaroktonus, Byzantine E. (958-1025, ruled from 976)
- Basil of Trebizond (died 1340, ruled from 1332)
[edit] Titled works
- Basil (1998), film starring Slater & Leto
- Basil (1997), film starring Asner
- Basil, vacuum cleaner model from Numatic International Limited
[edit] See also
- Basil Fawlty, fictional character in British Fawlty Towers
- Sweet Basil's, New York City nightclub
- Basil, a character in the Austin Powers film series.