This painting was done with reference to photos of two newly canonized saints
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His many scholarly works were a significant force that helped shape religious thought not only in his own time
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Sebastian Ornament or Medal Catholic Saints This painting was done with"According to his legend, Sebastian was born at Narbonne, Gaul. He became a soldier in the Roman army at Rome in about 283, and encouraged Marcellian and Marcus, under sentence of death, to remain firm in their faith. Sebastian made numerous converts: among them were the master of the rolls, Nicostratus, who was in charge of prisoners and his wife, Zoe, a deaf mute whom he cured; the jailer Claudius; Chromatius, Prefect of Rome, whom he cured of gout;