▁Maur it ania ▁would ▁shoot ▁ar rows ▁at ▁him . ▁" And ▁the ▁arch ers ▁shot ▁at ▁him ▁till ▁he ▁was ▁as ▁full ▁of ▁ar rows ▁as ▁an ▁ur chin ▁is ▁full ▁of ▁pr icks , ▁and ▁thus ▁left ▁him ▁there ▁for ▁dead ." ▁Mi rac ul ously , ▁the ▁ar rows ▁did ▁not ▁kill ▁him . ▁The ▁wid ow ▁of ▁Cast ulus , ▁I rene ▁of ▁Rome , ▁went ▁to ▁retrieve ▁his ▁body ▁to ▁b ury ▁it , ▁and ▁discovered ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁alive . ▁She ▁brought ▁him ▁back ▁to ▁her ▁house ▁and ▁n urs ed ▁him ▁back ▁to ▁health . ▁ ▁Sebastian ▁later ▁stood ▁by ▁a ▁st air case ▁where ▁the ▁em peror ▁was ▁to ▁pass ▁and ▁har angu ed ▁Dioc let ian ▁for ▁his ▁cru elt ies ▁against ▁Christians . ▁This ▁freedom ▁of ▁speech , ▁and ▁from ▁a ▁person ▁whom ▁he ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁dead , ▁greatly ▁aston ished ▁the ▁em peror ; ▁but ▁recover ing ▁from ▁his ▁surprise , ▁he ▁gave ▁orders ▁for ▁Sebastian ▁to ▁be ▁seized ▁and ▁be aten ▁to ▁death ▁with ▁c ud g els , ▁and ▁his ▁body ▁thrown ▁into ▁the ▁common ▁se wer . ▁A ▁p ious ▁lady , ▁named ▁Luc ina , ▁ad mon ished ▁by ▁the ▁mart yr ▁in ▁a ▁vision , ▁priv ately ▁removed ▁the ▁body ▁and ▁buried ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁c ata com bs ▁at ▁the ▁entrance ▁of ▁the ▁c emetery ▁of ▁C ali xt us , ▁where ▁now ▁stands ▁the ▁Bas il ica ▁of ▁St . ▁Sebastian . ▁