Saint Sabina

Saint Sabina
Martyr
Born 1st century AD
Rome
Died c.126 AD
Rome
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized Pre-Congregation
Major shrine Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill, Rome
Feast August 29
The relics of St. Sabina

Saint Sabina, matron and martyr from Rome. The widow of Senator Valentinus[1] and daughter of Herod Metallarius. After her female slave Saint Serapia (who had converted her) was denounced and beheaded, Sabina rescued her slave's remains and had them interred in the family mausoleum where she also expected to be buried. Denounced as well, Sabina was accused of being a Christian by Elpidio the Prefect and was thereupon martyred in the year 125 AD in the city of Vindena in the state of Umbria, Italy.[2]

Sabina was later canonized as a saint, her feast day being celebrated on August 29. In 430 her relics were brought to the Aventine Hill, to a specially built basilica— Santa Sabina — on the site of her house, originally situated near a temple of Juno. This house may also have formed an early Christian titular church. The church was initially dedicated to both Sabina and Serapia, though the dedication was later limited to Sabina.

References

  1. ↑ "History of St. Sabina and St. Sabina Church".
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-12-01.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.



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