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gregory i boniface iii 606 2 22 y blera , byzantine empire rome , byzantine empire 220px 13 september 604 sabinian.jpg pope sabinian
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pope sabinian

pope sabinian -lrb- , died 22 february 606 -rrb- was pope from 13 september 604 to his death in 606 .
pope during the byzantine papacy , he was fourth former `` apocrisiarius '' to constantinople elected pope .
sabinian was born at blera -lrb- bieda -rrb- near viterbo .
he had been sent by pope gregory i as apostolic `` nuncio '' , to constantinople , but he apparently was not entirely satisfactory in that office .
he returned to rome in 597 .
he was probably consecrated pope on 13 september 604 .
he incurred unpopularity by his unseasonable economies , although the `` liber pontificalis '' states that he distributed grain during a famine at rome under his pontificate .
the erudite italian augustinian onofrio panvinio -lrb- 1529 -- 1568 -rrb- , in his `` epitome pontificum romanorum '' -lrb- venice , 1557 -rrb- , attributes to him the introduction of the custom of ringing bells at the canonical hours and the celebration of the eucharist .
the first attribution was this was in guillaume durand 's thirteenth-century `` rationale divinorum officiorum '' .
during his reign , sabinian was seen as a counterfoil to his predecessor pope gregory i. whereas gregory distributed grain to the roman populace as invasion loomed , sabinian sold it for high prices -lrb- though this may be a later interpolation by gregory 's biographers -rrb- .
the `` liber pontificalis '' praises him for `` filling the church with clergy , '' in contrast to gregory , who rose rapidly from simple monk to bishop of rome .
