He was Hospodar's dvoryanin (Polish: dworzanin hospodarski) and rewizor hospodarski (inspector of Hospodar's estates)[1] since 1576 or 1577 he was iudex terrestris [pl] (land judge) of Trakai lands, serving for over 20 years, until resignation due to age and health.[1]
He was son of Fiodor Bohdanowicz Sapieha and Maryna Lemkowna, younger brother of Dymitr Sapieha [pl], cousin of Paweł Sapieha [pl] (kasztelan of Kiev), and grandson of Bohdan Semenowicz Sapieha [pl]. From his marriage with Katarzyna Kuncowna (or Kuncewiczowna) he had son Jan and (probably two) daughters, Anna and Zofia.[1]