Name
Sabas the Goth, martyr of the Danube region in 372, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia
Saint ID
S00489
Number in BH
BHG 1607
Reported Death Not Before
372
Reported Death Not After
372
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00748 | Basil of Caesarea in his Letters 155, 164, 165, of c. 375, to unnamed Cappadocian officials based in Scythia, mentions the transfer of relics of an unnamed recent martyr (almost certainly *Sabas the Goth, martyr of the Danube region in 372, S00489) from Scythia (lower Danube) to Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), accompanied by a letter recounting his martyrdom (see E00753). Written in Greek in Caesarea. | E00753 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Sabas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region in 372, S00489) recounts the martyrdom of a Christian in the lands beyond the Danube on 12 April 372, and the subsequent transfer of his relics to Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). The text was probably originally written in the 370s as a letter addressed to Basil of Caesarea who received the relics in Cappadocia (see E00748). | E00847 | Greek painted inscriptions from churches on Gemiler Island near Ölüdeniz (Lycia, south-west Asia Minor) labelling pictures of several saints: probably *Nicholas (abbot of Holy Sion, ob. 564, S00559) or *Nicholas (bishop of Myra under Constantine, S00520), possibly *Sabas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region in 372, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00489), and one more figure whose name is lost. Probably 6th c. or later. | E03710 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 April *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), *Marcian (Roman emperor, ob. 457, S01495), possibly *Kopres (martyr in Egypt under Julian, S01190), *Sabas (martyr of the Danube region, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00489) and probably *Zosimas (ascetic in Palestine, 5th c., S01834). |
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