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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Venerable Savva the Sanctified

Also known as Sabbas the Sanctified

A Cappadocian monk who became one of the greatest fathers of Palestinian monasticism, founding the Great Lavra near Jerusalem and defending Orthodox teaching.

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