January 19 — Saint Sebastian, Martyr

Two great Martyrs divide between them the honours of this twentieth day of January :— one, a Pontiff of the Church of Rome ; the other, a member of that Mother-Church. Fabian received the crown of martyrdom, in the year 250, under the persecution of Decius ; the persecution of Dioclesian crowned Sebastian, in the year 288. We will consider the merits of these two champions of Christ separately.