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Among those he sheltered were Mark and Marcellian. He is one of the saints associated with the life and legend of Saint Sebastian. He was betrayed by an apostate named Torquatus and taken before Fabian, prefect of the city.
Castulus was tortured and executed by being buried alive in a sand pit on the Via Labicana.
According to tradition, Irene subsequently buried the body of the martyred Sebastian. She was later martyred herself, around 288 AD.
A church dedicated to him at Rome, built on the site of his martyrdom, existed from at least the seventh century.
Castulus was venerated in Bavaria after relics of his were taken to Moosburg. Duke Heinrich der Löwe started the construction of the Kastulus Minster (cathedral) in 1171.
In 1604, relics were also brought to Landshut.
His relics still rest in Landshut"s church of Saint Martin"son Irene of Rome was the widow of the martyr Saint Castulus. According to legend, when Saint Sebastian was discovered to be a Christian, in 286, he was handed over to the Mauretanian archers, who tied him to a tree and pierced him with arrows.
However, Irene came to bury the body and found that he was not quite dead.
Irene took him to her lodgings and nursed him back to health. Her feast day is March 30.
Saint Irene tending Saint Sebastian was the subject of paintings by Benedetto Luti and others
