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Early Origins of the Sabas family

The surname Sabas was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there for 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time was in itself a family honor. The name was first recorded in 1228 when the family were prominent in the Government of Bologna.

Early History of the Sabas family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sabas research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1364, 1487, 1530, 1577, 1597, 1600, 1622, 1650, 1657, 1662, 1683, 1703, 1724 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Sabas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sabas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Sabbatini, Sabbadini, Sabatini, Sabattini, Sabbatinni, Sabatino, Sabadini, Sabatelli, Sabato and many more.

Early Notables of the Sabas family

Andrea Sabbatini (1487-1530), an Italian painter of the Renaissance; Lorenzo Sabbatini (1530-1577), an Italian painter of the Renaissance; Galeazzo Sabbatini (1597-1662) an Italian composer and music theorist; Venerable Ludovico Sabbatini (1650-1724), an Italian priest and religious...
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Sabas migration to the United States +



Sabas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Antonio Sabas, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1881 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Sabas (post 1700) +

  • Julio Sabas Jiménez Llanque (1964-2020), Bolivian politician
  • Sabas Pretelt de la Vega (b. 1946), Colombian economist and businessman, who served as Colombian Minister of the Interior and Justice
  • Sabas Avila, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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