Abbot · Remembered on December 5
St. Sabas
St. Sabas is remembered on December 5 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | December 5 |
|---|---|
| Title | Abbot |
| Died | c. 532 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A Cappadocian who entered monastic life at eight and founded in the Judean desert the Great Laura — Mar Saba — mother of Palestinian monasticism, inhabited to this day. Twice he walked to Constantinople in extreme old age to plead his people’s causes before emperors, and was heard.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Sabas. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Sabas keeps December 5 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of December.
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