Name
Sabas the Sanctified, founder of the Mar Saba monastery, ob. 532
Saint ID
S00910
Reported Death Not Before
532
Reported Death Not After
532
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E01773 | Bronze lamp with a Greek dedicatory inscription to 'holy Saba'. Found at Khirbet esh-Shubeika near Tyre (north west Galilee/southwest Phoenicia). Probably 6th-8th c. | E01938 | Glass jug with an engraved invocation 'apa Saint Sabas', probably *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, S00910). Reportedly found in Ḥimṣ/Emesa (north-west Phoenicia) and possibly brought there as a pilgrim's souvenir from the Mar Saba Monastery. Probably the 6th-7th c. | E03452 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 5 December *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of Mar Saba Monastery, ob. 532, S00910), and *Nicholas (bishop of Myra under Constantine, S00520). | E03456 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 9 December *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba monastery, ob. 532, S00910). | E03689 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, celebrates on 25 March the Annunciation to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and the appearance of the Mother of God to *Sabbas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery, S00910). | E03728 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 May Mamas, an 8th c. katholikos of Iberia, *Zoe (possibly the martyr of Attaleia, S01600), *Silvanos (martyr of the Phaeno copper mines, S00193), *Nikephoros (martyr of Antioch, S01505), *Sabbas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery, S00910). | E03949 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 5 December *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910). | E03950 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 6 December *Nicholas (bishop of Myra under Constantine, S00520), and *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910) and *Abramios (monk and bishop of Krateia of Bythinia, ob. 553, S01673). | E03953 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 9 December the martyrdom of Myron, Lucius and Basil (unidentified martyrs), *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), *Anne (mother of Mary, Mother of Christ, S01327), and John of Damascus. | E03956 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 12 December *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), the deposition of the relics of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Spyridon (bishop of Trimythous, Cyprus, ob. 348, S00790) and *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910). | E05283 | The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619), by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, mentions several shrines and festivals of saints at Sykeon and other places in Anatolia, the Holy Land, and Constantinople. Written at Sykeon (central Asia Minor), in the 640s. | E05291 | The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619) is written by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, recounting the life, ascetic feats, and miracles of its hero, and the foundation of the monastic centre of Sykeon in Galatia (central Asia Minor). The text mentions several shrines and festivals of saints in cities and villages of Asia Minor, and also in Constantinople and the Holy Land. Written in Greek at Sykeon, in the 640s. Overview entry | E06468 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry | E06677 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Sabas (‘the Sanctified’, monastic founder in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic and founder of numerous monasteries, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to cults of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, 555/557. Overview entry | E06771 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Abraamios (ascetic in Palestine and bishop of Krateia in northern Asia Minor, ob. 530s, S01673), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic. Written in Greek in Palestine, 555/557. |
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