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Boštjan is a Slovenian form of the Latin name Sebastianus, itself derived from the Greek Sebastianos, meaning "from Sebaste," a city in ancient Asia Minor whose name comes from the Greek sebastos, meaning "venerable" or "revered." The name spread widely through medieval Europe largely through devotion to Saint Sebastian, the early Christian martyr traditionally depicted pierced by arrows. Boštjan is the distinctively Slovenian phonetic adaptation of this name, parallel to forms such as Sebastián, Bastian, and Sebastiano found in other European languages.