Saint Sabas the Lector

Also known as

• Sabbas the Lector

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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabas the Lector”. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-sabas-the-lector/>