What was used to kill Saint Sebastian during his final execution?
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The answer is a club. Saint Sebastian was initially condemned to death by being shot with arrows, but when the archers refused to kill him as he survived, he was eventually killed by clubbing. The hagiography recounts how Sebastian was clubbed to death in the Circus Maximus in Rome, the site of his original execution.
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