San Sebastian was also a homosexual, and he was in love with Emperor Diocletian. Diocletian was persecuting Christians at the time, yet San Sebastian decided to continue pursuing Diocletian, leading to San Sebastian’s capture. Diocletian ordered for archers of Mauritania to shoot San Sebastian to death; however, he survived, and a widowed woman saves his life and helps him recover (Debusscher 19). San Sebastian decided to pursue Diocletian again, but this time, after “recovering from his surprise, [Diocletian] gave orders for [San Sebastian] to be seized and beaten to death with cudgels and his body thrown into the common sewer”, ensuring that San Sebastian was dead (Debusscher 20). San Sebastian’s body is recovered by a different woman and is buried properly. Every element of this story can be directly attributed to Sebastian Venable and his rash actions after years of oppressing his homosexuality. Annually, Sebastian would pursue lovers and release his sexual feelings, and each year, his mother, a widow, would be there to save Sebastian from death. In Sebastian’s final summer, Catharine, a different woman, is with him instead of his mother. Sebastian once again pursues his potential suitors, and after using them excessively for his sexual release, he tries to return to normalcy. This time, his mother is not present to protect Sebastian (Debusscher 20). Catharine recalls the events that