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4 unusual facts about Saint Sebastian


Ayutuxtepeque

The patron saint of the municipality is Saint Sebastian and festivals are held annually from January 27th to 30th.

Gondreville, Loiret

The church is also dedicated to Saint Sebastian, martyred in Rome on January 20 288, and his martyrdom is celebrated in the commune.

Kaprassery

Kaprassery celebrates its parish fiesta every first weekend of February in honour of her patroness Saint Therese of Lisieux (Little Flower) and of Saint Sebastian.

Vylathur

The St. Cyriac's Church is famous for its festival of St Cyriac and St Sebastian.


Braunshorn

Birkenstraße – Saint Sebastian’s Chapel (St.-Sebastian-Kapelle); square chapel, 1950s; hand pump, Rheinböllen Ironworks, late 19th century

São João de Areias

Seven chapels were constructed during this epoch, and dedicated to São Sebastião, São Pedro, São Silvestre, São João Evangelista, Santo António and São Miguel, in addition to a chapel to Nossa Senhora da Graça, and later the chapels dedicated to São José and São Francisco (no Casal).

Votive statue of the Holy Trinity

The statue consists of a high pedestal with gigantic volutes, where is five statues of the patron saint of plague: Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Francis Xavier and Saint Rosalia.


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Ana Maria Pacheco

These are typically exhibited as installation pieces and include Man and his Sheep (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) and Dark Night of the Soul (1999), created during her residency at the National Gallery, London as a response to The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian by the Pollaiuolo brothers.

Caltavuturo massacre

The film Il giorno di San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian's Day) (1993), directed by Pasquale Scimeca 100 years after the event, is based on Bosco’s play about the Caltavuturo massacre.

Rosario Garibaldi Bosco

He was also a realist writer, and his play Il giorno di San Sebastiano (Saint Sebastian Day) was the namesake feature film written and directed by Pasquale Scimeca in 1993.

Saints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss

Saint Sebastian was appointed as a captain of the Praetorian Guard of Roman emperors Diocletian and Maximian and was martyred.