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Sarbel
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 29 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
150
Died
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unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Edessa in Osroene, today in Turkey, the holy martyrs Sarbel, priest, and Bebaia, his sister, who tradition says were brought to baptism by the bishop Saint Barsimaeus and suffered martyrdom for Christ.
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 29 January as a priest of Edessa who by tradition was martyred with his sister Bebaia.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16599874 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.