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
Killed by Death (albums) from rare Scottish singles under the name "Kilt By Death". Further afield, other albums emerged with tiles like "Killed by Synth", "Killed by Glam", "Killed by Hardcore", "Killed by Meth" and "Killed by Deathrock". Albums are listed in chronological order of release. Additional information about label, country of origin, and actual artist appear in parentheses. Killed by Death (albums) Killed by Death is a series of bootleg albums compiling rare punk rock songs primarily from the late 1970s and early 80s. The first four of these compilations, ("Killed By Death #1-#4"), were issued in 1989 by the Swedish label Redrum