Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Saints & hagiography Saints

Sabinus of Canosa, Saint

SABINO DI CANOSA, SANTO

Feast day: 9 February

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SABINUS OF CANOSA, Saint. - He is commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on February 9.

He was already bishop of Canosa in 528 when he was accused of magic; he was present at the Synod of Rome of 531, and in 537 he was sent by Pope Agapetus to Constantinople to Justinian, to settle the question of the Monophysites. He took part in the Council of the following year, in which Anthimus and Severus were deposed. During his episcopate he worked greatly for the good of the faithful, restoring churches and showing himself to all as a model of virtue. He was a friend of St. Benedict, and St. Gregory the Great extolled his prophetic spirit. He died around 566, after about 50 years of episcopate. A biography, written in the 8th-9th century, does not stand up to criticism.

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BIBL.: s. Gregorio, Dialoghi, II, 15; III, 3; Acta SS. Februarii, II, Paris 1864, pp. 310-36; Lanzoni, pp. 289-94; Martyr. Romanum, p. 36.

Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1521.

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Amore, Agostino. “Sabino di Canosa, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1521. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sabino-di-canosa-santo.

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Amore, Agostino. “Sabino di Canosa, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1521. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sabino-di-canosa-santo.

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  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Sabino di Canosa, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1521},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sabino-di-canosa-santo}
}

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