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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Serapia and Sabina, martyrs of oppidum Vendinensium, perhaps Vindena near Terni

Saint ID

S01303

Number in BH

BHL 7586, 7407

Reported Death Not Before

69

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02511The Latin Martyrdom of *Serapia and Sabina (martyrs of oppidum Vendinensium, S01303) narrates the virgin Serapia’s conversion of the aristocrat Sabina; Serapia’s trial; a punishing miracle preserving her virginity; her death and burial by Sabina in her own tomb; Sabina’s trial and death and her burial next to Serapia. Written perhaps near Terni (central Italy) at an uncertain date, by the 9th c. at the latest.
E02744The Latin decrees of a synod, held in 499 in St Peter's basilica, Rome, by Pope Symmachus (498-514), are subscribed to by a number of presbyters of the city's titular churches, each identified by the name of his titulus, a few of which are dedicated to saints; preserved as Symmachus Letter 1.
E04934The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 29 August.