Saint Sabbas the Sanctified – Saint Sabbas the Sanctified (439–532), a Cappadocian-Syrian monk, priest and saint, lived mainly in Palaestina Prima. He was the founder of several convents, most notably the one known as Mar Saba. The saint’s name is derived from Aramaic: סַבָּא‎ Sabbāʾ “old man”.
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