Saturday, August 30, 2014

SAINT SABINUS OF CANOSA


Saint Sabinus of Canosa
Feast day :February 9
Died :556 Relics at Bari, Italy

Bishop of Canosa, in the Apulia region of southern Italy. Friend of Saint Benedict of Narsia. Papal legate for Pope Saint Agapitus I to the court of Emperor Justinian at Constantinople from 535 to 536. Sabinus went blind in his later years.  He is the patron saint of Bari, where his relics are now enshrined.







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