Sabina (saint)

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Sabina, matron and martyr from Rome. The widow of Valentinus and daughter of Herod Metallarius, suffered martyrdom about 126, just after her female slave Serapia (who had converted her) suffered the same fate, according to the Acts of the martyrdom.

In 430 her relics were brought to the Aventine Hill, to a specially-built basilica on the site of her house, originally sited near a temple of Juno. (This house may also have formed an early Christian titular house church. She was later declared a canonized Christian saint. The church was initially dedicated to both Sabina and Serapia, though the dedication was later limited to Sabina only. Sabina's feastday is celebrated on 29 August.

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