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Saint Sabina matron and martyr from Rome. The widow of Senator Valentinus and daughter of Herod Metallarius. After her female slave Saint Serapia (who had converted her) was denounced as a witch and beheaded Sabina rescued her slave’s remains and had them interred in the family mausoleum where she also expected to be buried. Denounced as a criminal Sabina was condemned for her act of charity to her slave. She was accused of being a Christian by Elpidio the Perfect.