:for other people called Sabinus, see Sabinus
The church is dedicated to St Sabinus, a canonised Italian bishop; local stories claim it was named after a missionary from Ireland who was ship-wrecked at Woolacombe
Sabinus | Sabinus of Canosa | Publius Catius Sabinus | Masurius Sabinus | Lucius Vibius Sabinus | Georg Sabinus | Canosa di Puglia |
In 841, however, the Byzantine army reconquered Bari, and in 844 Saint Angelarius, Bishop of Canosa, then in ruins, brought to Bari the relics of Saint Rufinus, Saint Memorus, and Saint Sabinus, which he had rescued from the ruins.