Saint Stephen

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Christian martyr New Testament person biblical figure deacon saint

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.

Aliases (2)

Saint Stephen the Protomartyr ×1
St. Stephen ×1

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 in Western Christianity →
deathCause	stoning →
deathDescribedIn	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 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 → Rome →
religion	Christianity →
roleInChurch	one of the Seven Deacons →
scripturalSourceForLife	New Testament Book of Acts →
triedBefore	Sanhedrin →
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion → Assyrian Church of the East → Catholic Church → Eastern Catholic Churches → Eastern Orthodox Church → Lutheran Churches → Oriental Orthodox Churches →
vision	Jesus standing at the right hand of God →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Auxerre Cathedral → St Stephen Walbrook → St. Stephen Monastery → St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna → Stevenskerk → Église Saint-Étienne de Strasbourg →	dedicatedTo
Saint-Étienne → St Stephen Walbrook → St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi → Steffl → Église Saint-Étienne de Strasbourg →	namedAfter
Archdiocese of Vienna →	cathedralDedication
parish church of St. Stephen →	hasDedication
Stephen →	hasReligiousAssociation
Stephen →	honorificTitle
Saint Stephen ("Saint Stephen the Protomartyr") →	knownAs
Grateful Dead ("St. Stephen") →	notableSong
Archdiocese of Vienna →	patronSaint