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St Sebastian - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/SEBASTN.htm

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St Sebastian was born at Narbonne, in Gaul, but his parents were of Milan, in Italy, and he was brought up in that city. He was a fervent servant of Christ, and though his natural inclinations gave him an aversion to a military life, yet to be better able, without suspicion, to assist the confessors and martyrs in their sufferings, he went to Rome and entered the army under the emperor Carinus about the year 283.

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Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Saint Sebastien - English
URL: http://www.domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19990101/SAINTS/stsebastien.htm

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Saint Profile: Saint Sebastien. A brief history of the life of a saint in three accounts, for young families (children 0-8), for practiced families (children 8-14), and experienced families (children 14-adult) By Catherine Fournier.

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January 20 Saint - English
URL: http://www.tntt.org/vni/tlieu/saints/St0120.htm

ST. FABIAN AND ST. SEBASTIAN Fabian was a pope who died a martyr in 250. It was during the persecution by Emperor Decius. Early writers say that he was an extraordinary person, known to be very holy. In a letter written shortly after Fabian's death, St. Cyprian explained how Fabian had been elected pope. The group who had gathered to elect the next pope received a real sign that the choice should be Fabian. He was the first layman to be pope. Bishop and martyr, Fabian's remains are now in the basilica of St. Sebastian. And the two martyrs share the same feast day.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Sebastian - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13668a.htm

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Roman martyr; little more than the fact of his martyrdom can be proved about St. Sebastian. In the "Depositio martyrum" of the chronologer of 354 it is mentioned that Sebastian was buried on the Via Appia. St. Ambrose ("In Psalmum cxviii"; "Sermo", XX, no. sliv in PL, XV, 1497) states that Sebastian came from Milan and even in the time of St. Ambrose was venerated there.

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Sebastian - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saints03.htm

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Memorial 20 January Profile Son of a wealthy Roman family. Educated in Milan. Officer of the Imperial Roman army, and captain of the guard. Favorite of Diocletian. During Diocletian's persecution of the Christians, Sebastian visited them in prison, bringing supplies and comfort. Reported to have healed the wife of a brother soldier by making the Sign of the Cross over her. Converted soldiers and a governor.

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Sebastian, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/se/SebastnSt.html

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fl. 3d cent.?, Roman martyr. Little is known of his life. According to tradition he was an officer of the Praetorian guards much favored by Emperor Diocletian, who did not know that Sebastian was a Christian. When the emperor learned of it, he ordered Sebastian killed by archers. Left for dead with arrows in his body, Sebastian recovered but was later beaten to death on the order of Diocletian. He was a favorite subject of Renaissance painters. Feast: Jan. 20.

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