Saint Sabina

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Saint Sabina
Saint Sabina of Rome. Coloured etching. Wellcome V0033336.jpg
Saint Sabina of Rome
Martyr
Born1st century AD
Rome
Diedc. 126 AD
Rome
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Major shrineSanta Sabina on the Aventine Hill, Rome
FeastAugust 29

Saint Sabina, matron and martyr from Rome.

Narrative[]

She was the daughter of Herod Metallarius and the wealthy widow of Senator Valentinus,[1][2] originally from Avezzano in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Sabina was converted to Christianity by her Syrian slave Serapia. The widow then withdrew with a few devout friends to one of her country seats, where she spent her time doing good works.

The relics of St. Sabina

Serapia was denounced and beheaded in the city of Vindena in the state of Umbria. Sabina rescued her remains and had them interred in the family mausoleum where she also expected to be buried. Sabina was initially discharged out of regard to her quality and friends; [3] but some time later was denounced as well, and accused of being a Christian by Elpidio the Prefect. She was thereupon martyred in Rome around the year 126 AD.[4][5]

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.[6] This house may also have formed an early Christian titular church. The church was initially dedicated to both Sabina and Serapia.[7] Her feast day is celebrated on August 29.

Commentary[]

According to Klemens Löffler, writing for the Catholic Encyclopedia, the Acts of the martyrdom have no historic value.[7] Maya Maskarinec suggests that "'Sabina'...was most plausibly the donor who had provided the titulus with property on the Aventine."[8] Often this was a private home to be used as a church. When someone donated property or money, the resulting foundation bore their name. The passio that developed during the sixth to eighth century becomes attached to the memory regarding a late fourth or early fifth century philanthropist. "Gradually, however, throughout Rome, many of the tituli's donors metamorphosed into their communities' patron saints."[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "History of St. Sabina and St. Sabina Church".
  2. ^ Butler, Alban. "Saint Sabina, Martyr". Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 August 2014 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Saint Sabina". New Catholic Dictionary CatholicSaints.Info. 9 August 2013
  4. ^ "St. Sabina, Martyr, at Rome", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
  5. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Sabina". Book of Saints, 1921 CatholicSaints.Info. 23 August 2016 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ Roth, Leland M. (1993). Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History and Meaning (First ed.). Boulder, CO: Westview Press. pp. 245. ISBN 978-0-06-430158-9.
  7. ^ a b Löffler, Klemens. "St. Sabina." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 3 December 2021 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ^ a b Maskarinec, Maya. City of Saints: Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018, p. 105 ISBN 9780812250084

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

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