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
Flint Arrows Flint Arrows The Flint Arrows were a professional Single A baseball team in Flint, Michigan from 1940-41 and 1948–1951 and played their home games at Atwood Stadium. The Arrows were an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. A previous Flint Arrows ball team operated in 1940-1941 in the Class C Michigan State League as an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The 1948-1951 Arrows were a member of the Central League. Their overall record was 169-102, and they won the Central League Championship in 1948 and 1950. With the 1951 riots in Baltimore creating tension, Flint was noted by