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: St Sebastian (dc288) Christian martyr. Captain


St Sebastian (dc288) Christian martyr. Captain

St Sebastian (dc288) Christian martyr. Captain of the Praetorian Guard. Diocletian ordered his execution but archers failed to kill him. Woman nursed him back to health, and on hearing this Diocletian had him beaten to death. History of the Acts and Monuments of the Church by John Foxe, 1583, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs'. Chromolithograph from a mid-19th century edition

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13906300
Media ID
48512275
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3668px x 4500px (4.9MB)
Credit
World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
World History Archive

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