Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian. The belief that Saint Sebastian was a defense against the plague was a medieval addition to his reputation, which largely accounts for the enormous increase in his importance in the Late Middle Ages. The connection of the martyr shot with arrows with the plague is not an intuitive one, however. In Greco-Roman myth, Apollo, the archer god, at times destroys his enemies by shooting plague-arrows from the heavens, but is also the deliverer from pestilence; the figure of Sebastian Christianizes this folkloric association. Similar metaphors for divine displeasure occur in the Hebrew Bible. The hopeful example of Sebastian
Toronto Arrows in the league, at the cost of a few million dollars, and received operating rights to a franchise in the Toronto market. The Toronto Arrows lineup for 2019 as of December 11, 2018: Spring Fall (Exhibition) Spring Toronto Arrows The Toronto Arrows is a rugby union club based out of Toronto in Canada that in Major League Rugby as of 2019.. The Arrows team is an independent off-shoot of the Ontario Blues Rugby Football Club and is funded by a group of private investors and supporters. The team's home field is York Lions Stadium on the Keele Campus of York