saints+JL


 * Saints**

December 18 (Eastern Orthodox) || St.sebastian of Avia
 * ~ Born || c. 256 ||
 * ~ Died || c. 288 ||
 * ~ Feast day || January 17 (Catholic),
 * ~ Feast day || January 17 (Catholic),
 * ~ patron saint of || [|s] oilder archers, holy Christian death, athletes ||
 * ~ patron saint of || [|s] oilder archers, holy Christian death, athletes ||

Another legend describes Sebastian's effectiveness in bolstering the courage of those in prison. Two men under sentence of death seemed about to give in to their captors. Sebastian's impassioned exhortation to constancy not only confirmed the two in their original convications but won over many other prisoners in the jail. Again, this particular story may not be historically accurate. But it is true that all saints witness to Jesus both by word and action.

sabastian basically said that he was going to get the prisoners out of jail because they did nothing wrong.