References on Saint Sebastian

Hagiography

Bibliography

• Enciclopedia dei Santi, I Santi del 20 Gennaio, Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena.
• Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1978.
• Gordini, Gian Domenico. "San Sebastiano (Notizie storiche, leggenda e culto)", Biblioteca Sanctorum, Istituto Giovanni XXII della Pontificia Universita' Lateranense.
• Passio S. Sebastiani, in PL, XVII, coll. 1111-50 and in Acta SS. Ianuarii, II, Paris 1869.
• Pecchia, Riccardo. San Sebastiano Defensor Ecclesiae, BookSprint Edizioni, 2015.

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Domestic Church

Miscellaneous (on this website)

• The life of Saint Sebastian
• The Golden Legend: Saint Sebastian by Jacobus de Voragine (Latin text with English translation).
• Suffrage to Saint Sebastian from a Book of Hours (Latin text with English translation).
• Dedication to Saint Sebastian from the notary archive of Sebastianum Monny, 1752 (Archivio di Stato di Nuoro, Italy ).

Iconography

Exhibitions

• L. Scardino. Puerto Sebastian. Il mito di San Sebastiano nell'arte contemporaneo. Museo Sandro Parmeggiani, Renazzo di Cento (Ferrara, Italy). January 23-March 11, 2010. Catalog: Liberty House, Ferrara, 2010. Announcement.
• Sisteban. St Sebastian for ever. Exposition collective, Galerie Oberkampf, Paris (France). January 15-29, 2010. Poster.
• J.K. Kapera. Flesh and Passion. The Fervor of Saint Sebastian. CFM Gallery & JKK Fine Arts, New York City. May-June 2008. Website of the exibition. Exibition brochure.
• M. Censi. Sebastiano: iconografie di un martirio tra passato e presente. Museo Sandro Parmeggiani, Renazzo di Cento (Ferrara, Italy). January 20-March 20, 2008.
• P. Boccardo, X.F. Salomon. Guido Reni. Il tormento e l'estasi. I san Sebastiano a confronto. Musei di Strada Nuova - Palazzo Rosso, Genova (Italy). October 7, 2007 - January 20, 2008. Catalog: Silvana Editoriale, 2007.
• W. Fetz, G. Matt. Saint Sebastian. A Splendid Readiness For Death. Kunsthalle, Wien (Austria). November 14, 2003 - February 15, 2004. Website of the exibition. Catalog: Kerber, 2003.
• Fondazione Sandro Penna. Sebastiane: una interpretazione. Galleria Narciso, Torino (Italy). May 9-20, 2002. Website of the exibition from Exhibart.

Books on St Sebastian

• F. Danieli, La freccia e la palma. San Sebastiano tra storia e pittura con 100 capolavori dell’arte. Edizioni Universitarie Romane, 2007.
• J. Darriulat. Sébastien le Renaissant. Ed. Lagune, 1999.
• M. Del Castillo et al. Saint-Sébastien dans l'histoire de l'art depuis le XVe siècle. (Paris: Paul Vermont, 1977).
• W. Fetz, G. Matt, A. Stief (eds). Saint Sebastian. A Splendid Readiness For Death. Catalog of the exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien. Kerber, 2004.
• J. Heusinger von Waldegg. Der Künstler als Märtyrer - Sankt Sebastian in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Worms, 1989.
• J. Jacobs (ed). Sebastiaan. Martelaar of mythe. Zwolle. Waanders Uitgevers 1993. (In Dutch)
• F. Le Targat. Saint-Sebastien: Adonis et martyr. Paris: Editions Persona, 1983.
• E. Lunghi. Il "Martirio di San Sebastiano" di Pietro Perugino a Panicale. EFFE: Fabrizio Fabbri Editore, 2005.
• K. Ressouni-Demigneux. La chaire et la fleche. Mémoire de Maîtrise en Histoire de l'Art, Soutenu à l'Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), en octobre 1996.
• K. Ressouni-Demigneux. Saint-Sébastien. Editions du regard (Collection "L'art du regard"), Paris, 2000.
• L. Scardino. La gamba perduta. Iconografia e culto di S. Sebastiano a Ferrara, a Bondeno e nel territorio ferrarese. Liberty House, Ferrara, 2008.

Other Books

• D.L. Boisvert. Sanctity and Male Desire: A Gay Reading of Saints. The Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2004.
• M.T. Di Blasi. Pietro Paolo Vasta. Affreschi nelle chiese di Acireale. Giuseppe Maimone Editore, 1993.
• D. Fernandez. L'amour qui ose dire son nom. Collection Beaux Livres, Editeur Stock, 2001.
• A. Gentili, M. Di Monte. Veronese nella chiesa di San Sebastiano. Chorus, Marsilio, 2005.
• G. Kaftal. Saints in the Italian Art. Sansoni, Florence, 1978-1986.
• L. Réau. Iconographie de l'Art Chrétien. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1959. Kraus Reprint, Millwood, NY, 1988.
• P. Schellenbaum. Homosexualität im Mann. München: Kösel-Verlag 1991. Italian edition: Tra uomini. La dinamica omossessuale nella psiche maschile, trad. it. a c. di Gabriella Galizio, Como: Red Ed. 1993.
• C. Wright. The world's master paintings. Routledge, London and New York.

Papers

• D.C. Ahl. "Due San Sebastiano di Benozzo Gozzoli a San Gimignano: Un contributo al problema della pittura per la peste nel Quattrocento" Rivista d'arte Anno 40, Ser. IV, vol. 4 (Firenze: Olschki, 1988):31-61.
• Arrows. "Saint Sebastian painted by Mantegna," FMR, vol.50 p.17 (Jun, 1991).
• P. Cannata. "San Sebastiano (Iconografia)", Biblioteca Sanctorum, Istituto Giovanni XXII della Pontificia Universita' Lateranense.
• G. Dall'Orto. San Sebastiano "santo gay"?, 1999.
• G. Eekhoud. "Saint Sébastien dans la peinture", Akdemos 1 (Feb 15 1909), 171-75.
• R.A. Kaye. "Losing His Religion: St. Sebastian as Contemporary Gay Martyr," in Outlooks: Gay and Lesbian Visual Cultures, Routledge, 1996.
• V. Markova. "Il San Sebastiano di G.A. Boltraffio e alcuni disegni dell'area leonardesca," 100-107, in I Leonardeschi a Milano: fortuna e collezionismo, M.T. Florio and P.C. Marani (eds.), Electa, Milano, 1991.
• S. Marinelli. "Federico Bencovich: un disegno della pala di S. Sebastiano," in A.E. Popham, 235-241, Parma: Consigli Arte, 1981.
• A. Moore. "Not just a pretty face: St. Sebastian in religious iconography and magical transformation," 249-257, in 2nd Australian Int. Conf: Religion, Literature, and the Arts 1995, M. Griffith and J. Tulip (eds.), Sydney, 1996.
• J.M. Saslow. "The Tenderest Lover: Saint Sebastian in Renaissance Painting: A Proposed Iconology for North Italian Art, 1450-1550," Gai Saber 1:1 (Spring 1977), 58-66, and response by Wayne Dynes, Gai Saber 1:2 (Summer 1977), 150-51.

Websites on the Iconography of Saint Sebastian

• Sebastiano Corrà, Iconografia di San Sebastiano nell’arte figurativa italiana. (http://www.sansebastiano.com/)
• Emoreiro Art, Pinterest Board "Saint Sebastian". (https://www.pinterest.es/emoreiro/saint-sebastian/)
• Flickr Group on Saint Sebastian. (http://www.flickr.com/groups/saintsebastian/)
• Leonard J.M. Loonen. L'iconographie de Saint-Sébastien dans des églises néerlandaises, belges, luxembourgoises et françaises.
• Leonard J.M. Loonen. Afbeeldingen van Sint-Sebastiaan. (http://elloo.infoteur.nl/specials/sint-sebastiaan.html)
• Saint Sébastien - martyr & icône gay (https://saint-sebastien.net/). A beautiful site with many pictures.
• P. Stradella (http://essepi.altervista.org/sebastiano/sebaprima.htm). A vast collection of St Sebastian's votive images,

Other references

Films

• Bavo Defurne (director). Saint, 1996. Clip
• Derek Jarman (director). Sebastiane, 1977. Video
• Petr Weigl (director). The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1983. Video

Literature

• Adriaan Litzroth. Sebastiaan. Novel. Ambo/Atheneum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 1986. ISBN 90-263-0743-8.
• Yukio Mishima. Confessions of a Mask. Novel, 1958.
• Virgilio Piñera. La carne de René. Novel, Buenos Aires, 1952.
• Olivier Poivre d'Arvor. Flèches : le martyre de saint Sébastien. Éditions de la Table Ronde, Collection : La petite vermillon. Réédition, novembre 2003. ISBN : 2710326213.
• Rainer Maria Rilke. Sankt Sebastian. Sonnet, 1905-06.
• Tennessee Williams. Suddenly Last Summer. Play, 1958.

Music

• Claude Debussy. Text by Gabriele D'Annunzio, Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien, 1911. Audio
• Jennifer Fowler. The arrows of Saint Sebastian II, 1981. Audio sample
• Philip Glass. 1937: Saint Sebastian, from the musical score for the film Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, 1985. Audio
• Miga. Saint Sebastian, song from the compilation Polar Rose.
• Momus. Lucky like Saint Sebastian, from the album Circus Maximus, 1986. Audio
• Heitor Villa-Lobos. Missa São Sebastião, 1937. Audio

Last update: July 28, 2020