Saint Julian Sabas the Elder

Memorial

• 17 January (Roman Church)
• 24 January (Greek Church)

Profile

Hermit in a cave in Mesopotamia on the banks of the Euphrates near Edess, and then on Mount Sinai. Legend says he ate only once a week. Ministered to and encourged Christians persecuted by Julian the Apostate. Enemies proclaimed that Julian was a follower of Arianism. He travelled to Antioch in 372, made several public speeches against the heresy – then returned to his cave where he lived the rest of his life. A brief biography of Julian was written by Saint John Chrystostom.

Born

• Mesopotamian

Died

• 377 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Julian Sabas the Elder”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 January 2011. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-julian-sabas-the-elder/>