Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Sebastianus, martyr at Rome
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Sebastianus (2), Jan. 20, military martyr at Rome under Diocletian. He
was of Milan, where he commanded the first cohort. He confessed Christ, and was
shot (apparently) to death with arrows in the camp. He was celebrated in the time
of St. Ambrose (Enarr. in Ps. 118, No. 44), and is the favourite saint of
Italian women, and regarded as the protector against the plague. His symbol is an
arrow.
[G.T.S.]