Saint Sebastian (Svatý Šebestián) - Brezová nad Svitavou, Czech Republic
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Sandstone statue of Saint Sebastian (Svatý Šebestián) as a part of the Baroque statuary dedicated to ST John of Nepomuk located in front of the town hall in Brezová nad Svitavou.
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Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/03/2021
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The sandstone statue of Saint Sebastian (Svatý Šebestián) is one of the Baroque statues which the monument dedicated to St John of Nepomuk consists of. It is located in front of the town hall in Brezová nad Svitavou. The beautiful Baroque statuary comes from 1732. Saint Sebastian is here traditionally depicted tied to a tree.
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Short Biography
Saint Sebastian, (died c. 288, Rome, feast day January 20) was early Christian popularized by Renaissance painters and believed to have been martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian.
According to his legend, he was born in Gaul, went to Rome, and joined (c. 283) the army of the emperor Carinus, later becoming a captain under Diocletian. When it was discovered that he was a Christian who had converted many soldiers, Sebastian was ordered to be killed by arrows. The archers left him for dead, but a Christian widow nursed him back to health. He then presented himself before Diocletian, who condemned him to death by beating. His body, thrown into a sewer, was found by another pious woman, who dreamed that Sebastian told her to bury his remains near the catacombs. His relics are believed to be in the Basilica of San Sebastiano on the Appian Way, to which many pilgrims were attracted in the Middle Ages. Sebastian’s martyrdom was a favourite subject of Renaissance artists, and it was depicted by, among others, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sandro Botticelli, Andrea Mantegna, Perugino, and El Greco; the saint is usually shown as a handsome youth pierced by arrows.
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