# Sabas

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**Sabas** is a name derived from the Greek [Savvas](/source/Savvas_(given_name)) or [Sabbas](/source/Sabbas), and ultimately Aramaic in origin, meaning “old man” or “grandfather.”

Sabas may refer to, chronologically:

## Given name

- [Abda and Sabas](/source/Abda_and_Sabas), two early Christian martyrs and saints
- [Julian Sabas](/source/Julian_Sabas) (died 377), hermit who spent most of his life in deserted parts of Syria
- [Sabas of Stoudios](/source/Sabas_of_Stoudios) (), Byzantine abbot who played a leading role at the Second Council of Nicaea
- [Sabas Asidenos](/source/Sabas_Asidenos) (), local Byzantine magnate and independent ruler
- [Sabás Magaña García](/source/Sab%C3%A1s_Maga%C3%B1a_Garc%C3%ADa) (1921–1990), Mexican Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Matamoros
- [Sabas Pretelt de la Vega](/source/Sabas_Pretelt_de_la_Vega) (born 1946), Colombian economist, businessman, Colombian Minister of the Interior and Justice and ambassador convicted of corruption

## Nickname

- [Arvydas Sabonis](/source/Arvydas_Sabonis) (born 1964), Lithuanian retired basketball player nicknamed "Sabas"

## Surname

- [Juan Sabas](/source/Juan_Sabas) (born 1967), Spanish former footballer
- [Sylvie Sabas](/source/Sylvie_Sabas) (born 1972), French former tennis player

## See also

- [Saba (given name)](/source/Saba_(given_name))
- [War of Saint Sabas](/source/War_of_Saint_Sabas) (1256–1270), fought between Genoa and Venice

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