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Giuliano Saba
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SaintFull write-upByzantine EmpirePre-congregation
Feast: 17 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
377
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In Osroene, in the lands today divided between Syria and Turkey, commemoration of Saint Julian, ascetic, nicknamed Saba, that is, the old man; although he had rejected the clamour of the city, he nevertheless left his beloved solitude for some time in order to confound the followers of the Arian heresy at Antioch.
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
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 17 January as an ascetic of Osroene who left his solitude to confound the Arians at Antioch.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 17 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q24960479 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Julian Sabas (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.