Genoese Victory in War of Saint Sabas

Date: August 14, 1264 • Location: Genoa, Italy

War of Saint Sabas: A Genoese fleet captured or sank most of the ships of a Venetian trade convoy off the Albanian coast.

The War of Saint Sabas was a conflict between the rival Italian maritime republics of Genoa and Venice over control of Acre, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.