Joan of Arc fervently believes that St. Catherine, St. Margaret and St. Michael appear to her; they tell her that she will be the one to deliver her home country of France from the Hundred Years' War.

John the Baptist is born the son of a Levite, a member of the priestly class, but walks away from his father's traditions; then proclaims the coming of the Messiah, baptizing followers.

In the twilight years of the Roman Empire a soldier named Sebastian serves in the Praetorian Guard under the Emperor Diocletian; the Empire is declining and Diocletian is looking to restore it to glory.