Optional Memorial
Saint Sebastian
- Feast day
- January 20
- Patron of
- soldiers and athletes
- Origin
- French
Life
Sebastian was a Roman soldier and secret Christian who was ordered shot with arrows by Emperor Diocletian when his faith was discovered. Surviving this, he was later beaten to death.
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