Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Sebastian Church in Middletown celebrates its feast for its patron saint each year with a running of the I Nuri, or devoted, ...

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According to legend, St. Sebastian was born at Narbonne, in Gaul. He became a soldier in Rome and encouraged Marcellian and Marcus, who were sentence of death, to remain firm in their faith. St.