Saint Sebastian

San Sebastian (died in Rome [Italy] in the AD 288 AD; festival on January 20), the early Christian was advertised by the Renaissance painter and was thought to be a Christian of Emperor Diocletian of Roman Emperor Diocletian Martyrdom

According to his legend, he was born in the Gaulian, went to Rome, joined the armies of the Emperor Carinus (about 283), later became the leader of Diocletian. Sebastian was ordered to be killed by an arrow when it turned out that he was a Christian converted to many soldiers. The shooter died him, but the widow of Christians made him well. Then he attended himself in front of Declerian and Decleetti accused him of being beaten to death. His body was thrown into the sewer and was found by another godly woman. His relics are thought to be the Cathedral of San Sebastiano in the ancient path of Albi and many pilgrims were drawn here in the Middle Ages. The martyrdom of Sebastian is a popular theme for Renaissance artists such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sandro Botticelli, Andrea Mantegna, Perugino, El Greco. The wise man looks like a handsome young man who is usually pierced with arrows

San Sebastian San Sebastian was born in Garu 's Narbonne, now part of France. Sebastian seems to have done one thing for him. He is the son of a wealthy family in Rome and is educated in Milan. Sebastian has acquired many privileges and opponents. When he grew up, he became an officer of the Imperial Roman army and a sentinel. Sebastian is a good friend, a favorite of Emperor Diocletian. Sebastian can have whatever he wants and can have whatever life he wants. However, Christian Sebastian decided to enter the army during persecution. This decision is not to save your life, but to allow you to comfort martyrs. He comforted the martyrs by encouraging the martyrs to strengthen their faith. Sebastian is said to have done this with Marcelian and Marcus.

Sebastian is a patron saint of Colmi and St. George, Malta. Sebastian is patron saint of Acireale, Caserta and Petilia Policastro of Italy, Melilli of Sicily, SanSebastián of Spain, and Palma de Mallorca and Huelva. He is a patron saint of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Informally, in the tradition of religious Umbunda integration in Africa - Brazil, Sebastian is often associated with oxasi, especially in the province of Rio de Janeiro. The feast of San Sebastian is celebrated in many elegance and color in the Catholic community of Kerala state in India. The church is decorated with magnificent lighting and decoration, and each Catholic family has fireworks as a major activity to commemorate the saints. Each parish has its own holiday, especially Trisul, Ernakulam, St. Andrew Cathedral, Arthunkal, Kottayam and so on.

As a result of the identity as San Sebastian's gay idol, Tennessee Williams chose to use the saint's name in his play "sudden summer" as a martyr Sebastian's role. This name was also used by Oscar Wilde as Sebastian Melmoth - it was expelled after he was released from prison. Ireland's writer and poet Wilde is regarded as a gay idol like the "out of the closet" in the latter part of the 19th century. Marie Antoinette is an early lesbian idol. Rumors about her relationship with women were disseminated by details of pornography by anti-Royal brochure before the French Revolution. In Victorian England, the idealized biography of AncienRégime obviously denied that rumor, but also the romantic Mary Antoinette's "sister" friendship with Princes de de Lamballe - the biography of 1858 - "rare" One is very similar to the combination of Providence and Death. "At the end of the 19th century she became an idol of" astroism. "