ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY Saints celebrated on the 9th of February WELCOME! SAINT SABINUS, BISHOP OF CANOSA There have probably been two bishop saints of that name. A Saint Sabinus attended the dedication of the Sanctuary of St Michael on Monte Gargano in A.D. 493. His body rests in Atripaldo. The later St Sabinus rests in Bari. He is sometimes referred to as archbishop, but it is unlikely that the archbishopric had already been in existence during his lifetime - it was established later, when Canosa and Bari were merged. HE WAS CONSTANTLY OCCUPIED WITH THE THINGS OF HEAVEN This St Sabinus was born at Canosa (Canusium) of rich and distinguished parents. But from his childhood he sought nothing but the good pleasure of God, and was therefore constantly occupied with the things of heaven, while he turned his mind more and more away from earthly things. GENEROUS ALMS His wealth gave him the opportunity to come to the aid of the poor, which he did with the greate...