According to Christian tradition, Sabina was a Roman noblewoman who lived in the 2nd century, during a time when Christians could face punishment for their faith.
Sabina lived in a respected household and had a servant named Serapia, a Christian woman from Syria. Serapia had little social standing, but her faith gradually made an impression on Sabina.
In time, Sabina became a Christian herself.
When Serapia was arrested and tortured to death for her faith, Sabina did not turn away. She continued to profess Christianity openly.
She was eventually arrested and brought before the authorities. She was given the chance to renounce her faith, but she refused.
Sabina was sentenced to death and martyred.
Centuries later, the Basilica of Santa Sabina was founded on Rome’s Aventine Hill. The relics of both Sabina and Serapia are traditionally venerated there.
Today, we often judge people by their position, wealth, education, or influence, and sometimes look down on those who seem to have less. But God does not measure people that way. Serapia may have been a servant, yet her faith became the path that led Sabina to Christ. And by the way, Serapia became a saint too.
And sometimes, the people we place at the bottom may be the ones standing highest before God.
Let’s keep learning the saints’ way—day by day.
⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ