Saint Julian Sabas the Elder
- Memorial
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17 January (Roman Church);
24 January (Greek Church)
- Profile
- Hermit in a cave in Mesopotamia on the banks of the Euphrates near Edess, and then on Mount Sinai.
Legend says he ate only once a week.
Ministered to and encourged Christians persecuted by Julian the Apostate.
Enemies proclaimed that Julian was a follower of Arianism.
He travelled to Antioch in 372, made several public speeches against the heresy - then returned to his cave where he lived the rest of his life.
A brief biography of Julian was written by Saint John Chrystostom.
- Born
- Mesopotamian
- Died
- 377 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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