The life of St Sabinas of Egypt
In exchange for a small sum of money, the beggar revealed Sabinus's hiding place to the authorities.
Sabinus was taken along with six companions and, after being tortured, was drowned in the Nile in the year 287. Sources differ on the exact circumstances of his betrayal, and even on his precise office, whether civil administrator or bishop, but agree on the substance of his death for sheltering the faith. His memory has long been kept by the Church as an example of steadfastness returned for kindness with treachery, and of faith that did not waver even at such a bitter betrayal.
