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Saint Sebastian by El Greco (1578) in Cathedral of San Antolín, Palencia. Sebastian is one of the patron saints of the city of Qormi in Malta [47] Sebastian is the patron saint of Acireale, Caserta and Petilia Policastro in Italy, Melilli in Sicily, and San Sebastián as well as Palma de Mallorca, Lubrín and Huelva in Spain.
Athletes - Sebastian, Christopher, St Hyacinth; Attorneys - Genesius; Authors - Francis de Sales, [5] John the Evangelist, Lucy; Aviators - Joseph of Cupertino, Our Lady of Loreto, Thérèse of Lisieux (The Little Flower)
Athleta Christi (Latin: "Champion of Christ") was a class of Early Christian soldier martyrs or military saints, of whom the most familiar example is probably Saint Sebastian. It also could be used to refer to Christians with exemplary martial prowess, especially when fighting against non-Christians or heretics.
St. Sebastian was an early Christian martyr and the patron saint of soldiers and athletes because of his physical endurance. St. Sebastian was executed by being shot full of arrows for protecting captured Christians he was supposed to imprison. However, in this sculpture, it was a Tuskegee Airman who was being pierced by multiple airplanes.
St. Christopher was a widely popular saint, especially revered by athletes, ... Christopher is the patron saint of many ... St. Sebastian, St. Roch by Bernardo ...
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
Saint Sebastian is a popular saint in both the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox traditions. Pierced with arrows—a symbol associated with divine punishment in the form of pestilence since antiquity—and yet miraculously saved from near death, Saint Sebastian was often invoked to intercede on the behalf of plague victims in the 15th and 16th ...
Saint Jovan Vladimir (King of Duklja) – 4 June [O.S. 22 May] Saint Jovan the New (Despot Jovan Branković) – 23 December [O.S. 10 December] Saint Josif the New – 28 September [O.S. 15 September] Saint Kirilo (Kirilo I, Serbian Patriarch) – 12 September [O.S. 30 August] Saint Great Martyr Lazar (Prince Lazar of Serbia) – 28 June [O.S ...
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