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|SaintName=Saint Sebastian | |SaintName=Saint Sebastian | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=January 20 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire (now France) | |SaintBirthPlace=Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire (now France) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=43.2833, 3.0000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=43.2833, 3.0000 | ||
|DeathPlace=Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) | |DeathPlace=Rome, Roman Empire (now Italy) | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=41.9028, 12.4964 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Parish with historical devotion in America | |NotableLabel3=Parish with historical devotion in America | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=40.7142, -74.0079 | |NotableCoordinates3=40.7142, -74.0079 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Italy; France | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Rome]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=soldier | |Profession=soldier | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian Church | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian Church | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Basilica of St. Sebastian Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy | |PrimaryShrine=Basilica of St. Sebastian Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion | ||
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'''Saint Sebastian''' (c. 256 – 20 January 288), also known as '''Saint Sebastian the Martyr''', was a 3rd-century Roman soldier and Christian martyr venerated in the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=103 |title=St. Sebastian - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to hagiographic traditions preserved in the 5th-century ''Passion of St. Sebastian'' and later medieval accounts, Sebastian was born in Narbonne, Gaul (modern France), raised in Milan, and joined the Roman army in 283 AD to assist persecuted Christians, rising to captain through valor while secretly converting soldiers and nobles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668a.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Sebastian |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Denounced to Emperor Diocletian c. 288 for his faith, he was condemned to death by archers, surviving the arrow volley to be nursed by St. Irene of Rome, only to confront the emperor and be clubbed to death, his body discarded in a sewer and retrieved by Christians for burial on the Appian Way. | '''Saint Sebastian''' (c. 256 – 20 January 288), also known as '''Saint Sebastian the Martyr''', was a 3rd-century Roman soldier and Christian martyr venerated in the Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=103 |title=St. Sebastian - Saints & Angels |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> According to hagiographic traditions preserved in the 5th-century ''Passion of St. Sebastian'' and later medieval accounts, Sebastian was born in Narbonne, Gaul (modern France), raised in Milan, and joined the Roman army in 283 AD to assist persecuted Christians, rising to captain through valor while secretly converting soldiers and nobles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668a.htm |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Sebastian |publisher=New Advent |access-date=2025-10-28}}</ref> Denounced to Emperor Diocletian c. 288 for his faith, he was condemned to death by archers, surviving the arrow volley to be nursed by St. Irene of Rome, only to confront the emperor and be clubbed to death, his body discarded in a sewer and retrieved by Christians for burial on the Appian Way. | ||