War of Saint Sabas

War of Saint Sabas
Part of the Venetian–Genoese Wars
The Mar Saba Monastery, in Palestine
Date 1256–1270 Location Levant Result Venetian victory Peace of Cremona
Belligerents
Republic of Venice Supported: County of Jaffa and Ascalon Knights Templar	Republic of Genoa Support: Philip of Monfort John of Arsuf Knights Hospitaller Byzantine Empire

The War of Saint Sabas (1256–1270) was a conflict between the rival Italian maritime republics of Genoa (aided by Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, John of Arsuf, and the Knights Hospitaller) and Venice (aided by the Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, John of Ibelin, and the Knights Templar) over control of Acre, in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.