Sebastian

Pietro Perugino (link)

Feast Day January 20

Patron of Athletes, Soldiers, Archers, Plague Victims

Situations Athletics, Persecution, Plague

Professions Archers, Athletes, Police Officers, Soldiers

Saint Sebastian was a Christian soldier in the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Diocletian. When his faith was discovered, he was ordered to be shot with arrows. Left for dead, he was nursed back to health by Saint Irene of Rome, only to confront the emperor again and be beaten to death. He is one of the most depicted saints in art.