Julian Sabas, St.
JULIAN SABAS, ST.
Monk; b. Heliopolis, Syria, c. 300; d. Osrhoene, 377 or 380. Theodoret (History of the Monks, 2) says that he lived first in a hermit's cell on the banks of the Euphrates and then in a cave in the desert of osrhoene, between Antioch and the Euphrates, where he gathered a group of disciples. He went to Sinai and built a church on the rock where the Lord was said to have appeared to Moses. He appeared in Antioch in the reign of valens (364–378) to refute Arian claims that he agreed with them and then retired to Osrhoene. In Acta Sanctorum Dec., Propyl. 21,231; 461, he is identified with St. Julian the Monk and St. Julian the Hermit (Roman martyrology (RM) Jan. 14, June 9, and Oct. 18).
Feast: Jan. 17 (RM and Greek Synaxarion); Oct. 18.
Bibliography: Acta Sanctorum Nov., Propyl. 398–400. theodoret, Historia Ecclesiastica, Patrologia Graeca, ed. j. p. migne, 161 v. (Paris 1857–66) 82: 1305–24. j. l. baudot and l. chaussin, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris 1935–56) 1:352–353.
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