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Also known as

• Sabas the Goth
• Saba…
• Sabbas…
• Sava…
• Savo…
• Savva…

Memorial

• 12 April

Profile

Goth. Lector in a church in what is now Romania. Captured by heathen Goths, he refused to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols. He and several others were martyed for this.

Born

• 334 in an area of modern Wallachia, Romania

Died

• tortured to death on 12 April 372
• body tied to a stone and thrown into the river Mussovo
• relics recovered by Saint Sansala

Patronage

• lectors
• torture victims

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabas the Lector“. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 April 2024. Web. 28 April 2024. <>