St. Sebastian Day
St. Sebastian Day is held on January 20. This event in the second decade of the month January is annual. Help us
Sebastian (Latin: Sebastianus; Narbonne, Gaul, Roman Empire, 256-Rome, Roman Empire, 288) was a military tribune of the Roman army, saint and martyr venerated by the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church who lived in the 3rd century.
Born in Narbo Martius (today Narbonne) in Gaul, Sebastian was a military man and received the support of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, who appointed him centurion and head of the cohort, ignoring his religion. During Diocletian's persecution, he was executed for having supported his co-religionists.
Sebastian is still a well-known saint, especially in sports, and he has also been historically invoked to fight against plague and epidemics in general.
In the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, Saint Sebastian is the holder of numerous patronages. His liturgical feast day is January 20.
In the West, he has been the subject of numerous artistic representations since the Renaissance.
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