来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病 第4集 第4集》
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And so there has been a constant idea因此有一个不变的象征意义 -
symbolically of arrows也就是箭 -
as symbols of the plague,代表着瘟疫 -
and Saint Sebastian is someone圣塞巴斯蒂安是一个 -
who was willing to give his life to save his fellows,愿意为了拯救他的同伴而牺牲自己的人 -
by absorbing the arrows into his own flesh.他将箭也就是瘟疫吸收进他自己的肉体中 -
He was martyred by the arrows,他被箭折磨致死 -
and this was said to be his way这也就是 -
of defending humanity.他保护人类的方式 -
So, there was a great vogue in this era of Saint Sebastian,所以在圣塞巴斯蒂安时代他很流行 -
who was invoked to help human beings to avoid the plague.他被召唤去保护人类不受瘟疫的伤害 -
Another was Saint Rocco.另一个圣人是圣罗科