Basilide wa Aleksandria (alifariki Aleksandria, Misri, 202 hivi) alikuwa askari katika mji huo aliyekabidhiwa Potamiena aliyehukumiwa kufa wakati wa dhuluma ya kaisari Septimius Severus dhidi ya Wakristo. Baada ya kumtetea dhidi ya mashambulizi ya umati, aliongokea Ukristo na kufia dini yake mpya. Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki, Waorthodoksi na Waorthodoksi wa Mashariki kama mtakatifu mfiadini. Sikukuu yao huadhimishwa tarehe 30 Juni. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko "The first of these was Plutarch, who was mentioned just above. As he was led to death, the man of whom we are speaking being with him at the end of his life, came near being slain by his fellow citizens, as if he were the cause of his death. But the providence of God preserved him at this time also. After Plutarch, the second martyr among the pupils of Origen was Serenus, who gave through fire a proof of the faith which he had received. The third martyr from the same school was Heraclides, and after him the fourth was Hero.