Saint Sabas the Goth of Rome

Memorial

• 24 April

Profile

Military officer of Gothic descent. Tortured and murdered with 70 unnamed companions in the persecutions of Aurelian for the crime of visiting Christians in prison. Martyr.

Died

• drowned in 272 in Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabas the Goth of Rome“. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 April 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>