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Saint Sebastian, St Sebastian, John William Waterhouse, Danse Macabre, The Plague, Ancient Origins, Moyen Age, Medieval Art, Dark Ages

St. Sebastian was a Roman military officer martyred about AD 300 by being shot full of arrows and then clubbed to death. He was prayed to for protection against the plague. This painting depicts one instance of his intercession. According to legend, this event occurred long after the saint's death, during an outbreak of the plague in 7th-century Pavia, Italy. Here, just as a victim is to be buried, a grave attendant is struck by the disease. The plague-or Black Death-devastated Europe for…

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