Saint Sabinus
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| Died | ~304 AD, Spoleto |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | December 30 |
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Saint Sabinus (d. 304) was a bishop in the Christian church who resisted the persecutions of Diocletian and was martyred and later made a saint. Venustian, governor of Etruria and Umbria, had Sabinus and his deacons arrested in Assisi.
Diocletian's order required all Christians to sacrifice to the gods or be put to death, with their estates seized for the state. Venustian mocked Sabinus's faith, accusing him of leading the people to the worship of a dead man. When Sabinus said that Christ rose on the third day, Venustian invited him to do the same thing. He had Sabinus's hands cut off. The deacons were in great fear, but Sabinus encouraged them to hold to their faith, and they died after being torn apart by iron hooks. In prison after the martyrdom of his deacons, he was tended by a woman named Serena. He healed a man born blind in prison.
Venustian heard of the cure and sought a cure for his own eyes from Sabinus. Sabinus healed the governor and converted him to Christianity. Venustian then sheltered Sabinus. Maximianus Herculius, hearing of this, ordered the tribune Lucius to address the matter. Lucius had Venustian, his wife, and his two sons beheaded at Assisi, and he had Sabinus beaten to death at Spoleto.
Sabinus's feast day in the west is December 30.
He is depicted in the Maestà of Duccio.
[edit] References
Englebert, Omer. The Lives of the Saints. Anne and Christopher Fremantle, trans. Nihil obstat 1954. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1994. p. 494-495
