▁Mol anus ▁put ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁chron ic ler ▁Paul ▁the ▁De acon ▁rel ates ▁that , ▁in ▁ 6 8 0 , ▁Rome ▁was ▁fre ed ▁from ▁a ▁ra ging ▁p est il ence ▁by ▁him . ▁ ▁The ▁Golden ▁Leg end ▁transm its ▁the ▁episode ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁pl ague ▁that ▁aff lic ted ▁the ▁Lomb ards ▁in ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁King ▁G umb urt , ▁which ▁was ▁stopped ▁by ▁the ▁ere ction ▁of ▁an ▁alt ar ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁Sebastian ▁in ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁Saint ▁Peter ▁in ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁P avia . ▁ ▁In ▁art ▁and ▁literature ▁ ▁Art ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁known ▁representation ▁of ▁Sebastian ▁is ▁a ▁m osa ic ▁in ▁the ▁Bas il ica ▁of ▁Sant ' A pol lin are ▁Nu ovo ▁( R aven na , ▁Italy ) ▁dated ▁between ▁ 5 2 7 ▁and ▁ 5 6 5 . ▁The ▁right ▁later al ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁bas il ica ▁contains ▁large ▁m osa ics ▁representing ▁a ▁process ion ▁of ▁ 2 6 ▁mart y rs , ▁led ▁by ▁Saint ▁Martin ▁and ▁including ▁Sebastian . ▁The ▁mart y rs ▁are ▁represented ▁in ▁By z antine ▁style , ▁lack ing ▁any ▁individual ity , ▁and ▁all ▁have ▁identical ▁expressions . ▁ ▁Another ▁early ▁representation ▁is ▁in ▁a ▁m osa ic ▁in ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁San ▁Pietro ▁in ▁Vin coli ▁in ▁Rome , ▁probably ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 6 8 2 . ▁It ▁shows ▁a ▁grown , ▁be arded ▁man ▁in ▁court ▁dress ▁but ▁contains