(ABOUT A.D. 672.)
[Treves and Cologne Martyrologies; Molanus and Greven. Authority:--His
Life by Nizo, Abbot of Metloch (Mediolanum) on the Saar, 11th cent.,
which is very untrustworthy.]
Basinus, of the illustrious family of the Dukes of Austrasia, was
received as monk into the monastery of S. Maximin, at Treves. He was
afterwards made abbot, and later, when S. Numerian, bishop of Treves,
was dead, he was constrained to assume the mitre in his room. He held
the see in the reign of Childebert II., king of Austrasia. He was a
friend of S. Willibrord. After his death, his body was laid in the
basilica of S. Maximin, under the high altar. It was taken up in 1621,
and placed in a more conspicuous position.
He was succeeded by his nephew, S. Lutwin.