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The Basilica of Saint Sabina (Latin: Basilica Sanctae Sabinae, Italian: Basilica di Santa Sabina all'Aventino) is a historic church on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy. It is a titular minor basilica and mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers , better known as the Dominicans.
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Reliquary of St Sabina in the local parish of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Ascona. Sabina was the daughter of Herod Metallarius and the wealthy widow of Senator Valentinus, [2] originally from Avezzano in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Sabina converted to Christianity due to the example of her Syrian slave Serapia. The widow then withdrew with a few ...
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It depicts three nude figures: a young man in the centre who has seemingly taken a woman from a despairing older man below him. It is ostensibly based on the rape of the Sabine Women incident from the early history of Rome when the city contained relatively few women, leading to their men committing a raptio [a] of young women from nearby Sabina.
The painting depicts the funeral of Saint Serapia, a slave to Saint Sabina, with Sabina and others in attendance. Serapia's martyrdom occurred in Vindena, now known to have been sited near Terni. At the time the painting was produced, it was thought to be located on the Aventine Hill, hence the Basilica of Santa Sabina. [citation needed]
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