St. Sabbas the Sanctified

[Ave Maria]

St. Sabbas (439-532)
For sixty years, Sabbas lived in a cave, devoting himself to prayer and manual labor. Every day he wove ten baskets, which he traded for food. He was a superior over 1,000 monks and hermits, and once led a peaceful uprising of 10,000 monks who demanded the end of the persecution of Palestinian bishops by Anastatius I.

More information about St. Sabbas in the links below:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13286b.htm

http://www.catholicculture.org/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2006-12-05

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sabas