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Sabinus of Hermopolis
Christian martyr and saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 13 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
287
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Minya in Egypt, Saint Sabinus, martyr, who, after suffering much, finally died by being thrown into the river.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 13 March as a martyr in Egypt who died by being thrown into the river.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7396202 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Sabinus of Hermopolis (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.