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Saint Sabinian of Troyes

detail of a painting of the martyrdom of Saints Sabina and Sabinian of Troyes, date and artist unknown; swiped from Santi e Beati Also known as

Sabiniano
Sabinianus
Savinian
Savinien

24 January

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Brother of Saint Sabina of Troyes. Raised a pagan. Disillusioned with his life in Samos, he travelled to Gaul where he met and was converted by Saint Patroclus of Troyes. After Patroclus‘s martyrdom, Sabinian took up his teacher’s work, preaching and baptizing in the area of the Seine. Martyred in persecutions of Marcus Aurelius.

Born

at Samos, Greece

tortured and beheaded c.275 at Rilly near Troyes, France

Pre-Congregation

Representation

man with his throat pierced by a sword
with Saint Sabina of Troyes
with Saint Patroclus of Troyes

Additional Information

Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english
- Catholic Online

images
- Santi e Beati

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati

spletne strani v slovenšcini
- Svetniki

MLA Citation

“Saint Sabinian of Troyes“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 January 2023. Web. 29 May 2024. <>