The San Sebastian Street Festivities are much more than a celebration. Every third weekend in January, the streets of Old San ...

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 of death, to remain firm in their faith. St.

SAINTS & ART: The witness of St. Thomas Becket, whose feast day is Dec. 29, underscores the perennial truth that no earthly king reigns above Christ. Detail of Willem Vrelant, “The Martyrdom of ...

That work is Agnolo Bronzino’s An Allegory with Venus and Cupid (1545), which might seem surprising, since the Surrealism of Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst or the absurdity of the Dadaists might ...

At the climax moment in the Gospels, when St. Peter declares in Caesarea Philippi ... 24), why would we be surprised at the proximity of martyrdom to Jesus’ Nativity. Jesus has always ...

Thanks to his work, he was named the patron saint of the internet in 1997 by Pope John Paul II, recognising his impact on knowledge and communication. Importantly, understanding Isidore’s life ...

Christos Strieder and his pals, Kingson and Navid, made the fateful 911 call on Dec. 22 that landed sick firebug Sebastian Zapeta-Calil behind bars for allegedly torching a sleeping homeless woman ...

A six wicket haul and a half century by Adesh Almeida was the highlight as St. Sebastian’s took control of their Under 19 Division I Tier ‘A’ tournament match against St. Peter’s at Bambalapitiya.

(Mishima, aptly enough, supervised a Japanese translation of D’Annunzio’s play “The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian.”) But none of these men turned suicidal imaginings into a deadly work of ...

FOR the country's annual commemoration of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal on Dec. 30, 2024, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) opens the special exhibit "Remembering Rizal in ...

This harrowingly beautiful depiction of Saint Sebastian, punctured by arrows and fretted over by anxious cherubs, is simply masterful. Sebastian crumples into a darkened glade, near death ...

At first glance, the pairing of Mick Cronin and Sebastian Mack might seem counterintuitive: a coach known for his relentless focus on defense and a guard with a natural instinct to score at will.