Martyr Savva (Sabbas) the Goth of Wallachia

Also known as Sabbas the Goth · Savva the Goth

A Goth of the Buzau valley in what is now Romania, baptized as a Christian, known for his strict and temperate life. During the persecution of King Athanaric he refused to eat food sacrificed to idols and was drowned in the river Musaeus in 372.

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Notes

Principal feast observed April 24 in the Eastern Orthodox calendar (April 12 in the West); OCA also commemorates him April 15.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org