The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Sabinus of Hispalis
fl. AD 306 – c. 347 (death unrecorded) · Bishop of Hispalis (Seville) · Elvira signatory · Hispalis, Hispania
The Nicene Age
Who Sabinus of Hispalis was
Bishop of Hispalis among the signatories of Elvira — the second securely attested name of that textually vexed list — and associated by the later records with the Hispanic delegation of the Serdica era: one see of Baetica, documented across forty years of councils by nothing but its bishop's subscriptions.
Also listed in bishops beyond the great sees.
Common questions
When was Sabinus active?
Sabinus of Hispalis is dated fl. AD 306 – c. 347 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Sabinus in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
What did Sabinus write?
Sabinus of Hispalis has 1 catalogued writing in the archive: The Canons of the Council of Elvira.
Which early sources mention Sabinus?
Sabinus of Hispalis is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from The Council of Elvira and The bishops of Hispania. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Sabinus from?
The archive associates Sabinus of Hispalis with Hispalis, Hispania. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Writings (1)
The Canons of the Council of Elvira
c. AD 300–324Eighty-one canons, subscribed by the nineteen bishops alone.Read the interlinear source text →
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
The subscription list of the Council of Elvira (Codex Pithianus, as printed by Hefele)
c. AD 305Hosius of Corduba, Sabinus of Hispalis, Camerinus of Tucci, Sinaginus of Epagra, Secundinus of Castulo, Pardus of Mentesa, Flavian of Eliberis, Cantonius of Urci, Liberius of Emerita, Valerius of Caesaraugusta, Decentius of Legio, Melantius of Toledo, Januarius of Fibularia, Vincent of Ossonoba, Quintianus of Elbora, Successus of Eliocroca, Eutychian of Basti, and Patricius of Malacca.The Council of Elvira · Subscriptions of the Council of Elvira · source text
Acts of the Council of Elvira (subscription list)
c. AD 385Sabinus, bishop of Hispalis, was present and subscribed.The bishops of Hispania · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Named alongside Sabinus in the sources
These figures are placed with Sabinus by the record — in a council roll, a martyr-act, a letter or a history — without Sabinus naming them in return.
- Camerinus of Tucci
- Cantonius of Urci
- Decentius of Legio
- Eutychian of Basti
- Flavian of Eliberis
- Januarius of Fibularia
- Liberius of Emerita
- Melantius of Toletum
- Pardus of Mentesa
- Patricius of Malaca
- Quintianus of Elbora
- Secundinus of Castulo
- Sinaginus of Epagra
- Successus of Eliocroca
- Vincent of Ossonoba
Events in this lifetime
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Sabinus, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.