Saint Sabinian of Troyes

Also known as

• Savinian
• Savinien

Memorial

• 29 January

Profile

Brother of Saint Sabina of Troyes. Raised a pagan. Disillusioned with his life in Samos, he travelled to Gaul where he met and was converted by Saint Patroclus of Troyes. After Patroclus‘s martyrdom, Sabinian took up his teacher’s work, preaching and baptizing in the area of the Seine. Martyred in persecutions of Marcus Aurelius.

Born

• at Samos, Greece

Died

• tortured and beheaded c.275 at Rilly near Troyes, France

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• man with his throat pierced by a sword
• with Saint Sabina of Troyes
• with Saint Patroclus of Troyes

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabinian of Troyes“. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 January 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>