Saint Stephen

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Saint Stephen is venerated as the first Christian martyr, known for his role as a deacon in the early Church and his death by stoning as recounted in the Acts of the Apostles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Saint Stephen canonical 59
St. Stephen 9
Saint Stephen the Protomartyr 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
New Testament person
biblical figure
deacon
saint
accusedOf blasphemy
appointedBy Apostles
associatedWith Jerusalem
burialPlaceTradition Jerusalem
commemoratedBy St Stephen's Day public holidays in some countries
commemoratedOn Second Day of Christmas
surface form: Second Day of Christmas in Western Christianity
deathCause stoning
deathDescribedIn Acts of the Apostles
surface form: Acts of the Apostles chapter 7
deathMethod stoned to death
feastDay 26 December
feastDayInArmenianChurch 25 December
feastDayInOrthodoxChurches 27 December
greekName Stephanos
honorificTitle Protomartyr
iconography holding a martyr’s palm
holding stones
shown as a young deacon
influenced early Christian theology of martyrdom
knownAs Saint Stephen
surface form: Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
languageOfName Greek
lastWords Lord, do not hold this sin against them
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
nameMeaning crown
patronage bricklayers
casket makers
deacons
horses
stone masons
those with headaches
relicsReportedlyFoundAt Kfar Gamla
relicsTranslatedTo Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Rome
religion Christianity
roleInChurch one of the Seven Deacons
scripturalSourceForLife Acts of the Apostles
surface form: New Testament Book of Acts
triedBefore Rabbinic courts
surface form: Sanhedrin
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Assyrian Church of the East
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Catholic Churches
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

European Lutheran churches
surface form: Lutheran Churches

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
vision Jesus standing at the right hand of God

Referenced by (70)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Stephen Walbrook dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
St Stephen Walbrook namedAfter Saint Stephen
Auxerre, France dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Auxerre Cathedral
St. Stephen Monastery dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Grateful Dead notableSong Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Saint-Étienne namedAfter Saint Stephen
Stephen honorificTitle Saint Stephen
Archdiocese of Vienna patronSaint Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen knownAs Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
Steffl namedAfter Saint Stephen
Stephen hasReligiousAssociation Saint Stephen
Stevenskerk (St. Steven’s Church) dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Stevenskerk
Speyer Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Auxerre Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Stepantsminda namedAfter Saint Stephen
Bourges, France dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Bourges Cathedral
Aoxomoxoa hasTrack Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Live/Dead hasTrack Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Live/Dead sideTwoTrackListOrder Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura containsRelicsOf Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: Saint Stephen the Protomartyr
The Dead performedWork Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
St Stephen's Chapel dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Zagreb Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Prato cathedralDedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Prato patronSaint Saint Stephen
Bourges Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Bourges dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Bourges Cathedral
Speyer dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Speyer Cathedral
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Havelberg cathedralDedicatedTo Saint Stephen
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Sens dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Sens Cathedral
Mainz Cathedral (shared use for Protestant services in the region) dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
subject surface form: Mainz Cathedral
this entity surface form: St. Stephen
Convento de San Esteban dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
Modigliana hasPatronSaint Saint Stephen
Sens Cathedral dedicatedTo Saint Stephen