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Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken (at top), [19] Josse Lieferinxe, 1497–1499, The Walters Art Museum. The belief that Saint Sebastian was a defense against the plague was a medieval addition to his reputation, which largely accounts for the enormous increase in his importance in the Late Middle Ages. [20]
The 3rd century Christian martyr Saint Sebastian is one of the earliest known gay icons, [3] due to his depiction in artwork as a beautiful, agonised young man. [4] Historian Richard A. Kaye states that "Contemporary gay men have seen in Sebastian at once a stunning advertisement for homosexual desire (indeed, a homoerotic ideal), and a prototypical portrait of a tortured closet case."
Saint Sebastian is a painting of the early Christian saint and martyr Saint Sebastian painted c. 1501–1502 by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Part of his early works, it is housed in the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo, Italy. [1] In 2022 the painting was included in an exhibition held at the National Gallery in London.
Sebastiane is a 1976 Latin-language British historical film directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress and written by Jarman, Humfress and James Whaley. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows.
The Judgment of Sebastian. The Saettatura (Shooting of Arrows) panel is the only one signed by Semitecolo [2] and stands as an important source of information. The complete altarpiece is composed of six panels, four of which depict Saint Sebastian's martyrdom, including the Saettatura. [1]
Luca Giordano, c. 1653. National Gallery of Victoria.. One of the earliest paintings of Sebastian being nursed is by Josse Lieferinxe in about 1497, part of a cycle from an altarpiece in Marseilles (now Philadelphia Museum of Art), [6] but the subject was rare until the 17th century, and treated as part of a series of Sebastian's life.
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Saint Irene of Rome (died 288 AD) was a Christian woman in the Roman Empire during the reign of Diocletian. She was the wife of Saint Castulus . According to Christian legend, she attended to Saint Sebastian after he was wounded by Mauretanian archers.