Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/JD/45

Sebastian

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
? - 300
Description
Roman martyr. Suffered under Diocletian c.300. Buried on the Appian Way close to the Basilica di S. Sebastiano. He was venerated as a martyr by 354 (Depositio Martyrum) and appears to have been connected in some way with Milan. ODS, 470---1.
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Martyr 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
1 20 yes Fabian and Sebastian None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations