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[[Image:0316sabinasegypt.jpg|thumb|80px|Right|Icon of St Sabinus of Egypt]]The Holy [[Martyr]] '''Sabinus''' was administrator of the Egyptian city of Hermopolis. During a persecution of Christians under the emperor [[Diocletian]] (284-305), St Sabinus and some like-minded companions hid in a remote village.  
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[[Image:0316sabinasegypt.jpg|thumb|80px|Right|Icon of St Sabinus of Egypt]]The Holy [[Martyr]] '''Sabinus''' was the administrator of the Egyptian city of Hermopolis. During a persecution of Christians under the emperor [[Diocletian]] (r. 284-305), St Sabinus and some like-minded companions hid in a remote village.  
  
 
His hiding place was revealed by a certain ungrateful beggar who had brought him food. The [[saint]] used to feed him and help him with money, but the man betrayed him for two pieces of gold. Sabinus was seized with six other Christians, and after torture they were all drowned in the Nile in 287.
 
His hiding place was revealed by a certain ungrateful beggar who had brought him food. The [[saint]] used to feed him and help him with money, but the man betrayed him for two pieces of gold. Sabinus was seized with six other Christians, and after torture they were all drowned in the Nile in 287.
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His [[feast day]] is [[March 16]].
  
 
==Source==
 
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http://ocafs.oca.org/Caption.asp?FSID=100813
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[http://ocafs.oca.org/Caption.asp?FSID=100813 OCA: Sabinus of Egypt]
  
 
[[Category:Martyrs]]
 
[[Category:Martyrs]]
 
[[Category:Saints]]
 
[[Category:Saints]]
 
[[Category:Egyptian Saints]]
 
[[Category:Egyptian Saints]]
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[[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints]]
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[[Category:3rd-century saints]]
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[[el:Σαβίνος Μάρτυρας ο εξ Αιγύπτου]]
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[[ro:Sabin din Egipt]]

Latest revision as of 17:59, March 16, 2020

Icon of St Sabinus of Egypt
The Holy Martyr Sabinus was the administrator of the Egyptian city of Hermopolis. During a persecution of Christians under the emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305), St Sabinus and some like-minded companions hid in a remote village.

His hiding place was revealed by a certain ungrateful beggar who had brought him food. The saint used to feed him and help him with money, but the man betrayed him for two pieces of gold. Sabinus was seized with six other Christians, and after torture they were all drowned in the Nile in 287.

His feast day is March 16.

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