Saint Sebastian

I've come across so many depictions of Saint Sebastian on Flickr, I thought it was high time we had a group!

The earliest depiction of St. Sebastian is a mosaic from around 682. It shows an adult bearded man in court dress but contains no arrows. It wasn't until the Renaissance that he was first shown as a youth pierced by arrows. In 367 a basilica which was one of the seven chief churches of Rome was built over his grave. The present church in Rome was completed in 1611 by Scipio Cardinal Borghese . At the shrine of St Sebastian is a statue of the dying saint by Antonio Giorgetti, one of Bernini's pupils. It may have been made after a drawing by Bernini himself.

There are literally hundreds of Sebastian images around the world, so let's put them here!

All of the Sebastian information you could ever want on the Squidoo Page here:
www.squidoo.com/stsebastian/



Some other versions/translations of his name for searches since the keywords only allows 10:

Saint Sébastien
Saint-Sébastien
San Sebastiano
San Sebastián
São Sebastião
St. Sebastian
Santi Sebastiano
S. Sebastian
S. Sebastiano
S. Sébastien
Sebastianus
Sebaste
Santo Sebastian