To me, it seems that Christian art often reaches two very different ends of a spectrum. For example, masterpieces such as “Coronation of the Virgin” by Diego Velázquez or “The Creation of Adam” by ...

According to legend, St. Sebastian was born at Narbonne in Gaul. He became a soldier in Rome and encouraged Marcellian and Marcus who were sentence to death to remain firm in their faith. St.

For Santo Salafia, news that the statue of St. Sebastian will come here in May from his hometown of Melilli, Sicily, is not a surprise. It is a miracle. “St. Sebastian is for us, like . . . I can’t ...

A personal travel notebook. A travel through Europe in search of thirty paintings of the iconic Christian martyr. The film is conceived as a voyage of initiation, an imaginary reportage... imaginary ...

Was Saint Sebastian gay? History is actually iffy on the subject. But the celebrated, martyred Christian is sometimes referred to as ”a homosexual icon,” in large part because he helped foster ...

(RNS) From Christian martyr to sports icon, St. Sebastian is the patron saint of athletes and of Rio de Janeiro. The ’Splainer (as in, “You’ve got some ’splaining to do”) is an occasional feature in ...