06 works, Today, December 30th, is Saint Sabinus of Spoleto's day, his story, illustrated #362

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Saint Sabinus of Spoleto, in the late 12th century

Premonstratensian Abbey of Windberg (near Regensburg), Germany

According to legend, Venustian, governor of Etruria and Umbria, had Saint Sabinus of Spoleto, (died c. 300), a Bishop,  and his deacons, St. Exuperantius, Marcellus, Venustian, and companions, arrested in Assisi. Diocletian's order required all Christians to sacrifice to the gods or be put to death, with their estates seized for the state. 

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Saint Sabinus before the governor Venustian

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Venustian mocked Sabinus's faith, accusing him of leading the people to the worship of a dead man. When Sabinus said that Christ rose on the third day, Venustian invited him to do the same thing. 

Cogrossi Carlo

Saint Sabinus had his hands cut off

Detail; The Martyrdom of San Savino, late eighteenth century

Fresco

Ivrea, Cathedral

Cogrossi Carlo

Saint Sabinus had his hands cut off

The Martyrdom of San Savino, late eighteenth century

Fresco

Ivrea, Cathedral

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Passion of SS Sabinus and Cyprian, c.1100

Fresco

Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempte

He had Sabinus's hands cut off. The deacons were in great fear, but Sabinus encouraged them to hold to their faith. They were tied to a torture, severely struck, torn with iron hooks, and suffering from hot fire, and then martyred and buried in Assisi.

Hendrick Terbrugghen

Saint Sabinus was tended by a woman named Serena

St. Sebastian Tended by Irene and her Maid, c. 1625

Oil, canvas

119.4 x 149 cm

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH, US

Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen (or Terbrugghen) (1588 – 1 November 1629) was a painter at the start of Dutch Golden Age, and a leading member of the Dutch followers of Caravaggio–the so-called Utrecht Caravaggisti. Along with Gerrit van Hondhorst and Dirck van Baburen, Ter Brugghen was one of the most important Dutch painters to have been influenced by Caravaggio. More on Hendrick Jansz ter Brugghen

In prison after the martyrdom of his deacons, he was tended by a woman named Serena. While in prison, he healed a man born blind. Venustian heard of the cure and sought a cure for his own eyes from Sabinus. Sabinus healed the governor and converted him to Christianity. Venustian then sheltered Sabinus. Maximianus Herculius, hearing of this, ordered the tribune Lucius to address the matter. Lucius had Venustian, his wife, and his two sons beheaded at Assisi, and he had Sabinus beaten to death at Spoleto. More on Saint Sabinus of Spoleto

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Vita scene; The martyrdom of St. Sabinus and St. Marcello and St. Exsuperantius of Assisi

Illustration

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