GROUP: AUSTIN MOORE, DANIEL HARRINGTON, ANDREW BURTON, AND MATT MCCORMICK

SAINT SEBASTIAN’S LIFE (DAN)

• Born in Narbonne, France
• Was a soldier in the Roman army
• Diocletian discovered he was a Christian after promoting him to Praetorian Guard to protect Emperor Diocletian.
• Converted many people to Christianity
• The Roman Catholic feast of Saint Sebastian is January 20
• The orthodox feast of Saint Sebastian is December 18
• Saint Sebastian died in Rome, Italy in 288 A.D

HOW HE WAS KILLED (AUSTIN AND ANDREW)

• Saint Sebastian was killed because he was discovered to be a Christian
• Diocletian ordered for Saint Sebastian to be tied to a stake in a field and shot over and over by arrows until death
• Did not die from the arrows. Died from being clubbed.

PATRONAGE (MATT)

• Saint Sebastian was a patron of a soldier
• This was because he had enrolled into the Roman Empire army himself
• He was also a patron of archers
• This is because he was shot to death by archers and their arrows

EXTRA ABOUT SAINT SEBASTIAN (ANDREW)

• Converted a family of four to Christianity
• This family was the twins Marcus and Marcellian along with their mother and father
• After being shot with arrows, Saint Sebastian was still alive
• Irene of Rome hid and nursed Sebastian back to health

IN ART (AUSTIN)

• The earliest representation of Sebastian is a mosaic in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy) dated between 527 and 565
• Another early mosaic is in the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli (Rome, Italy), probably made in the year 682. It shows a grown bearded man in court dress but contains no arrows