Sabina (region)
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- For the Roman Catholic saint, see at the Basilica of Santa Sabina, and for Hadrian's wife, see Vibia Sabina.
Sabina, the region in the Sabine Hills of Latium named for the Sabines, is the ancient territory that is today mainly identified with the Province of Rieti, in Lazio, although it includes parts of southern Umbria (area of Cascia, Amelia, Narni, Accumoli and Norcia) and Abruzzo (Aterno Valley).
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[edit] History
In the Augustan division of Italy, it was included in the region IV Samnium, in Diocletian's 3rd century redistricting, it was part of Italia suburbicaria, which was directly governed from Rome, assigned to the subdivision Valeria. With the arrival of the Lombards, the territory of Sabina was at times incorporated into the Duchy of Spoleto in the Early Middle Ages and at times formed part of the Duchy of Rome. With the rise of the Papal States, Sabina was governed directly by the pontificate or indirectly, by the counts of Sabina, a title of the noble Crescentii family in the 10th and 11th centuries.
[edit] Suburbicarian bishopric
Sabina has been the seat of a catholic bishopric since the 6th century, though the earliest names in the list of bishops may be apocryphal.
The official papal province of Sabina was established under Pope Paul V in 1605. The Cardinal Bishop of Sabina is one of the six suburbican tituli (not counting Ostia) of the College of Cardinals which carry the rank of Cardinal Bishop.
Since 1925 the Cardinal Titular Church of Sabina has been joined to that of Poggio Mirteto, and officially named Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, since 1986 Sabina–Poggio Mirteto. The current (since 2000) Cardinal Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto is Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re.
