But the Romanian government wants to bring the hammer down on the sell-off before it happens with claims that the image of the Christian martyr St. Sebastian being pierced by arrows was stolen and ...

In an impotent rage Nero gave orders to flay the skin from Saint Photina and to throw the martyr down a well. Sebastian, Photinus and Joses had their legs cut off, and they were thrown to dogs, and ...

Sebastian, Chief Archer in the Roman Army, converts to Christianity. A favorite of Emperor Augustus, Sebastian's devotion to Christ eventually drives him to reject the Emperor's love, causing the ...

Irene of Rome was the widow of the martyr Saint Castulus ... According to legend, she attended to the wounded St. Sebastian after he was shot full of arrows as depicted in the painting by ...