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Icons of St. Sebastian, Martyr
of Rome
Feast day: Jan. 20
St. Sebastian was martyred in
about 303 A.D., being shot through with arrows. He is commemorated
jointly with the Pope-Martyr Fabian in January. He was originally from
Milan.
Top Icon: by the hand of
iconographer Zhivko Donkov of Bulgaria.
Next Icon: of unknown
provenance.
Next Icon: also of unknown
provenance, with Greek inscription.
Next Icon: Icon from Hieromonk
Cassien, Greek Old Calendar Hermitage, Clara, France
Beneath: reliquary for the
head of St. Sebastian, crafted in 7th-9th c. Rome.
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