Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene always survived this, to be killed with stones some time later; these are sometimes called his "second" and "first martyrdom". This episode takes place between them, when after the archery, Irene, who is normally accompanied by her maid, is shown either taking an unconscious Sebastian down from the tree or post he was tied to, or when they have got him to a bed and are treating his wounds. In both scenes Irene is usually shown pulling out one of the arrows. Sometimes she is putting ointment on the wounds; a jar of ointment was her attribute. Both scenes are
Three Arrows Three Arrows The Three Arrows () is a social-democratic political symbol. The symbol emerged in Weimar Germany in the midst of the political crisis that preceded the Nazis takeover in 1933. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) was challenged by both the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and the Communist Party (KPD). In this setting, the SDP organizer Carlo Mierendorf recruited Russian exiled physiologist Sergei Chakhotin as the propagandist of the paramilitary Iron Front and together the two developed propaganda initiatives to counter the NSDAP and the KPD in early 1932. Together, the two launched the Three Arrows as a symbol for the