ST SABINA OF MILAN, WIDOW

ST SABINA OF MILAN, WIDOW - 30 JANUARY

SAINT SABINA OF MILAN, WIDOW

Saint Sabina (Savina) was a noble matron descended of the Tresseni family of Lodi Vecchio (Laus Pompeja); the Bollandists refer to her as vidua laudensis.

HER CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY

At the time of Maximian's persecution she visited the holy martyrs in their prisons and gave them help and comfort. She buried the bodies of martyred Christians, among others those of Saints Felix and Nabor, which were brought from Lodi to Milan.

HER HOLY DEATH

She devoted herself entirely to prayer, fasting, and vigils, especially in the Coemeterium of St Caius. She was praying at the tombs of the holy martyrs when she died a happy and holy death in A.D. 311.

A RELIC

In 1571, St Charles Borromeo found her sacred body intact in the Church of St Nabor. From that day on he wore a tooth of the saint in a small reliquary around his neck. Her festival is celebrated in Milan on January 30. The Roman Martyrology also mentions her on that day and says that she was praying at the tomb of SS. Felix and Nabor when she fell asleep in the Lord.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints)

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