Saint Sebastian

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Catholic saint Christian martyr Christian saint Roman soldier martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution saint

Saint Sebastian is a Christian martyr and Roman soldier venerated for his steadfast faith under persecution and often depicted in art bound and shot with arrows.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Sebastian canonical	25
St. Sebastian	1
São Sebastião (Saint Sebastian)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic saint ⓘ Christian martyr ⓘ Christian saint ⓘ Roman soldier ⓘ martyr of the Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ saint ⓘ
allegiance	Roman Empire ⓘ
artisticDepictionsBy	Andrea Mantegna ⓘ Antonello da Messina ⓘ El Greco ⓘ Guido Reni ⓘ Sandro Botticelli ⓘ Titian ⓘ
associatedWith	courage ⓘ endurance ⓘ healing ⓘ plague ⓘ
deathPlace	Roman Empire ⓘ Rome ⓘ
diedDuring	Diocletianic Persecution ⓘ reign of Diocletian ⓘ
era	3rd century ⓘ 4th century ⓘ
feastDay	20 January ⓘ
iconography	depicted as a youthful, nearly nude male figure ⓘ depicted bound to a post or tree ⓘ depicted shot with arrows ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
LatinName	Sebastian ⓘ surface form: Sebastianus
legend	condemned to be shot with arrows for his faith ⓘ later clubbed to death after confronting Emperor Diocletian ⓘ nursed back to health by Irene of Rome ⓘ secretly strengthened Christian prisoners in Rome ⓘ
majorShrine	Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura ⓘ Rome ⓘ
notableFor	being a patron saint against plague ⓘ steadfast faith under persecution ⓘ surviving execution by arrows in legend ⓘ
occupation	soldier ⓘ
patronage	Rome ⓘ archers ⓘ athletes ⓘ plague victims ⓘ soldiers ⓘ various cities and towns worldwide ⓘ
rank	captain of the Praetorian Guard ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
servedIn	Roman army ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocletianic Persecution → notableMartyr → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián → religiousAssociation → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Sebastian → associatedWith → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Pierre Puget → notableWork → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Sebastián → associatedWith → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Basilica of San Sebastiano, Palazzolo Acreide → dedicatedTo → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Sant Sebastià (Palma) → honours → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Sant Sebastià (Palma) → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Guido Reni → notableWork → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Calle San Sebastián → hasNameOrigin → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro → hasPatronSaint → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro → dedicatedTo → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

this entity surface form: São Sebastião (Saint Sebastian)

Isenheim Altarpiece → depicts → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

San Sebastián del Piñal de Caguax → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Le Martyre de saint Sébastien → featuresCharacter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Qormi → hasPatronSaint → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Sébastien → associatedWith → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Fort San Sebastian → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Mattia Preti → notableWork → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Sebastian

Igreja Matriz de São Sebastião → dedicatedTo → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

São Sebastião → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Aqueduto de São Sebastião (Coimbra) → namedAfter → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Feast of Saint Sebastian → honors → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

Church of San Sebastiano → dedicatedTo → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

subject surface form: Church of San Sebastiano (Caltanissetta)

Church of San Sebastiano → hasPatronSaint → Saint Sebastian ⓘ

subject surface form: Church of San Sebastiano (Caltanissetta)