Saint Sabinus of Canosa

Memorial

• 9 February

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Bishop of Canosa, in the Apulia region of southern Italy. Friend of Saint Benedict of Narsia. Papal legate for Pope Saint Agapitus I to the court of Emperor Justinian at Constantinople from 535 to 536. Sabinus went blind in his later years.

Died

• 556 of natural causes
• relics at Bari, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Bari, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabinus of Canosa“. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 February 2013. Web. 24 May 2013. <>