Saint Stephen
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Stephen is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who angered members of va
Saint Stephen the Martyr by Carlo Crivelli
Stoning of Saint Stephen, altarpiece of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by Jacopo & Domenico Tintoretto
Stoning of Saint Stephen by Giovanni Battista Lucini
Saint Stephen by Luis de Morales
Christian martyr
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In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. In the years of the early church, stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing, sto
Saint Stephen
…and Lutheran churches and the Church of the East venerate Stephen as a saint. Artistic representations often show Stephen with a crown symbolising martyrdom, three stones, martyr's palm frond, censer, and often holding a miniature church building. Stephen is often shown as a young, beardless man with a…
The stoning to death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in a painting by the 16th-century Spanish artist Juan Correa de Vivar
The Massacre of the Innocents (detail) by Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1515), National Museum in Warsaw
The Martyrdom of San Acacio (Acacius, Agathus, Agathius). From Triptych. Museo del Prado
The martyrs Maximus and Theodotus of Adrianopolis, c. 985