SAINT

SEBASTIAN
BY: CARSON PRIMROSE
 WHEN WAS SAINT SEBASTIAN
BORN?
• SAINT SEBSTIAN WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 256
• WHILE SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS ALIVE THERE WERE TWO
MAJOR EVENTS THAT OCCURRED
• THE FIRST WAS IN THE YEAR 257, THE DURA-EUROPOS WERE
CAPTURED BY THE SASANIANS
• ANOTHER MAJOR EVENT WAS BETWEEN THE YEARS 282 AND
283 ANOTHER ROMAN WAR BEGINS AGAINST PERSIA, AND
NUMERIAN AND CARINUS WERE KILLED LEAVING DIOCLETIAN
IN CHARGE
 WHERE WAS SAINT SEBASTIAN
BORN?
• SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS BORN AT NARBONNE WHICH IS
LOCATED IN GAUL
• HE WAS RAISED IN A CITY IN ITALY KNOWN AS MILAN,
WHICH IS WHERE HIS PARENTS WERE FROM
• THIS IMAGE ON TOP IS OF NARBONNE WHERE SAINT
SEBASTIAN WAS BORN
• THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS OF MILAN WHERE SAINT SEBASTIAN
WAS RAISED
HOW WAS SAINT
SEBASTIAN
KILLED?
• PEOPLE BELIEVED SAINT SEBASTIAN
WAS KILLED AFTER BEING TIED TO A
TREE AND SHOT WITH BOWS AND
ARROWS
• THIS DID OCCUR BUT HE SURVIVED
THIS AND WAS SAVED BY IRENE OF
ROME
• SOON AFTER BECOMING HEALED HE
WENT TO THE ROMAN EMPEROR
DIOCLETIAN TO WARN HIM ABOUT
HIS SINS, AND SAINT SEBASTIAN
WAS CLUBBED TO DEATH
• HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE
YEAR 288 A.D.
 WHAT IS SAINT SEBASTIAN
THE PATRON SAINT OF?
• SAINT SEBASTIAN IS THE PATRON SAINT OF
ATHLETES, SOLDIERS, AND ARCHERS
• SAINT SEBASTIAN IS PRAYED TO BY MANY ATHLETES
SO HE CAN GIVE THEM STRENGTH, JUST LIKE THE
STRENGTH HE HAD TO GIVE HIS LIFE UP FOR HIS
FAITH
PRAYER TO
SAINT
SEBASTIAN
 INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT SAINT
SEBASTIAN
• SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS A MARTYR, WHICH IS
SOMEONE WHO IS KILLED FOR THEIR FAITH
• SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS ONCE AN OFFICER OF
THE PRAETORIAN GUARDS WHO WERE WELL
LIKED BY EMPEROR DIOCLETIAN, DIOCLETIAN
WAS THE EMPEROR WHO KILLED CHRISTIAN’S
FOR HAVING FAITH IN CHRIST
• HE WAS LATER KILLED BY DIOCLETIAN BY
BEING CLUBBED TO DEATH, AFTER SURVIVING
BEING SHOT WITH BOWS AND ARROWS,
WHILE TIED TO A TREE
• SAINT SEBASTIAN WAS ALSO THE FAVORITE
SUBJECT OF RENAISSANCE PAINTERS
THE END