Talk:Sabbas the Goth

Latest comment: 7 years ago by 79.113.200.74 in topic Feast Days in various Orthodox Churches

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If he was born of Christian parents, then why is there discussion (two sentences later) about his conversion to Christianity?Eugen Ivan 05:49, 31 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Name

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What is the most common form - Sabbas, Sava/Saba,* or Savva?

Not at war as of 372

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There was a peace treaty on 369. Jacob Haller 23:42, 20 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Is there a problem with the year? The list of Roman Consuls#4th century BC has a vacatio there. /Pieter Kuiper —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 09:53, 21 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
Check list of Roman Consuls#Fourth century. There's no problem with the year - Heather and Matthews confirm that the listed consuls, the date, and the day of the week are consistent for 372. The problem is the statement that Athanaric was at war with Valens at the time. Jacob Haller 17:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Haller is correct. There is also absolutely no evidence [correct that to 'very questionable evidence'] that Sabbas' death was order by Athanaric and scant evidence that Athanaric was still acting as judge (high king) of the Goths in 372. (Adrastos Omissi)

In cocnlusion, I find this subject very interesting.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.25.15.98 (talk) 02:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)Reply 

Location?

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Can anyone provide good, non-speculative info on where in Gothia this took place? Probably somewhere in modern Romania, but IIRC, there aren't many specifics. 71.191.226.223 (talk) 23:05, 6 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

Major rewrite

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I've rewritten this, correcting errors of fact, adding references etc. I think it's better, but I suppose I would wouldn't I? --Jmullaly (talk) 18:52, 6 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Move page

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In every English-language source I've seen he is referred to as 'Saba' (once or twice 'Sabas'), so I propose moving the page to 'Saba the Goth'. Discussion anyone? --Jmullaly (talk) 17:35, 24 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

Feast Days in various Orthodox Churches

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Romanians celebrate his feast day on the same date as Western Christians, namely on April 12th; Russians on April 15th; and Greeks on April 24th. — 79.113.200.74 (talk) 09:01, 1 January 2017 (UTC)Reply