Fabius

Who they were

Fabius was a disciple of the priest Anthimus, one of a group of Christian martyrs and confessors gathered around him at the end of the 3rd century. He and fellow disciples Maximus and Bassus were sent by the convert Faltonius Pinianus to his estate at Cures, in the Sabina region, to escape persecution in Rome, and from there evangelised the countryside, clashing with local pagan venerations.

The group was arrested; Anthimus was beheaded on 11 May 305. Fabius was handed over to the consul, tortured, and beheaded along the same Via Salaria. He is remembered, together with Anthimus and Bassus, on 11 May.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

Disciple and companion of Saint Anthimus, tortured and beheaded on the Via Salaria in Sabina in 305; feast 11 May.