Saint Sebastian (Narbonne, 256 - Rome, 288), was the son of a nobleman of Gaul from Narbonne. After joining the Roman army, he was promoted without the Emperor Diocletian knowing that he was a Christian. He refused to participate in rituals of idolatry, and strengthened the faith of the Christians in prison y persecuted. Finally, he was forced to renounce his faith. When he did not do so, he was condemned to die under the archers, although he was finally beaten to death. He was buried in the catacomb of Via Appia.
In the history of art it has been represented in various ways. Among the Spanish ones, a sculpture by Alonso Berruguete and El Greco's painting 'The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian'. He is the patron saint of cities such as Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, whose full name is San Sebastian de Rio de Janeiro, where he is dedicated to the patron saint. the cathedral. In Madrid it has at least one parish dedicated in San Sebastián de los Reyes, and another one in Atochaand is the patron saint of San Sebastian/Donostia in the Basque Country.
Pope Fabian, or Fabianus, was the twentieth pope of the Catholic Church, between 236 and 250. Christians of the East and divided Rome in seven deaconries to help the poor. He consecrated several bishops, among them St. Dionysius of Paris, and instituted the four minor orders. It is noted that the Pope established that every year the Holy Chrism be renewed on Holy Thursday. Imprisoned and died in 250, it is venerated as martyr in the cemetery of San Calixto.
