Holy Martyr Sabinus

Life

Sabinus was an Egyptian from the city of Hermopolis, and the chief official of that city. During one of the persecutions of Christians he withdrew to a certain mountain with many other Christians and shut himself in a hut, where he spent his time in fasting and prayer. But he was betrayed by a certain beggar who used to bring him food and to whom Sabinus had done great kindnesses. Like Judas with Christ, this wretch for money — two gold coins — betrayed his benefactor. Sabinus, along with six others, was seized by soldiers, bound, and hauled to trial. After great torments he was cast into the river Nile, where he gave his spirit to God in the year 287.