Saint Sabinus of Canosa

Memorial

• 9 February

Profile

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sabinus of Canosa”. Saints.SQPN.com. 7 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-sabinus-of-canosa/>