Sabinianus,
pope from
604 to
606, successor of
St Gregory the Great. He incurred unpopularity by his unseasonable economies. The erudite Italian
Augustinian Onofrio Panvinio[?] (1529-1568) in his
Epitome ponlificum Romanorum (Venice,
1557) attributes to this pope the introduction of the custom of ringing
bells at the canonical hours and for the celebration of the
eucharist.
- preceded by Pope Gregory I, (590-604)
- succeeded by Pope Boniface III, (607)
from a 1911 encyclopedia