Saint Sabas the Lector

Also known as

• Sabas the Goth
• Saba….
• Sabbas….
• Sava….
• Savo….
• Savva….

Memorial

• 12 April

Profile

Goth. Lector in a church in what is now Romania. Captured by heathen Goths, he refused to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols. He and several others were martyed for this.

Died

• tortured to death in 372
• body thrown into the river Mussovo

Patronage

• lectors
• torture victims

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabas the Lector“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 April 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>