:''for other people called Sabinus, see Sabinus (disambiguation)'' Saint Sabinus of Canosa ( it, San Sabino) (461 – 9 February 566), venerated as a saint in the

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church, was bishop of Canosa di Puglia from 514.

Life

He was sent twice as a papal envoy to

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, in 525, by Pope John I and in 536 to accompany Pope Agapitus I, who lost his life on the journey, to defend the true faith against the

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heresy. He attended the

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. In 531, in the papacy of Pope Boniface II, he took part in the Synod of Rome. He was a builder of churches and other religious buildings, according to the

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discipline of '' Ora et labora'' ("Work and pray"). He died after 52 years as bishop, on 9 February 566.

Cult

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King Totila into the Italian peninsula. According to the hagiographic legend, he succeeded in saving Canosa di Puglia from the threat of the latter. There is a story that in 548 Totila wanted to test the prophetic gifts of Sabinus, who was by then old and blind. The king, pretending to be a servant, offered him a goblet of wine, but Sabinus was not deceived and thanked him by name, which impressed Totila so much that he renounced his pillaging. Another legend of Sabinus relates that a jealous

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tried to poison him. Sabinus drank the poison but did not die; but the archdeacon did. For this reason he appeared in the liturgy as a protector against poisons. His relics were translated to the present Canosa Cathedral on 1 August in an unknown year of the 8th century by bishop Pietro. After the destruction of the town by the Saracens, the relics were rescued from the ruins by

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in 844 and taken to

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. Saint Sabinus is venerated in Canosa and

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, in both of which places the cathedrals are dedicated to him, in Torremaggiore and Furci. The only church in the

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dedicated to him is the Church of St Sabinus in

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Feast days

* Canosa di Puglia, 9 February: death of Saint Sabinus * Torremaggiore, the first Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in June: Festa Patronale *Canosa di Puglia, 31 July to 2 August: Festa Patronale

References

*Gerardo A. Chiancone - ''La Cattedrale e il Mausoleo di Boemondo a Canosa'' (tip. D. Guglielmi,

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, 1983; pag. 54) *Attilio Paulicelli - ''San Sabino nella storia di Canosa'' (tip. San Paolo,

, 1967) *''La tradizione barese di s. Sabino di Canosa''. A cura di Salvatore Palese. Bari, Edipuglia, 2001. Contiene i seguenti studi: *Ada Campione, ''Sabino di Canosa tra storia e leggenda'', p. 23-46 *Pasquale Corsi, ''Canosa e Bari nelle modificazioni ecclesiastiche dei Bizantini'', p. 47-56 *Gioia Bertelli, ''Le reliquie di s. Sabino da Canosa a Bari: tra tradizione e archeologia'', p. 57-78 *Gerardo Cioffari o. p., ''Le origini del culto di s. Sabino a Bari'', p. 79-98 *Nicola Bux, ''La liturgia barese di s. Sabino'', p. 99-106 *Anna Maria Tripputi, ''La devozione barese a s. Sabino in età moderna e contemporanea'', p. 107-114 *Francesco Quarto - ''Un isolato omaggio tra devozione ed erudizione. La vita di S. Sabino del canonico Giuseppe Di Cagno'', p. 115-170. *''La Historia di S. Sabino di Antonio Beatillo (1629)''. A cura di Francesco Quarto. In Nicolaus Studi Storici, XVII, 2006, p. 97-160.

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Santi E Beati: San Sabino di Canosa
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sabinus Of Canosa Italian saints Bishops in Apulia People from Canosa di Puglia 461 births 566 deaths