St Stephen

St Stephen (c. AD 5 – AD 33) was a protomartyr, or the first martyr, of the Christian Church, who was (as per the Acts vii. New Testament) stoned to death in AD 33. He was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem. His death is a frequent subject of the old painters, the saint himself being less frequently depicted, but when so he is represented usually in a deacon's dress, bearing a stone in one hand and a palm-branch in the other, or both hands full of stones.

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St Stephen's, St Susan, St Swithin, St Sylvester, St Sylvester the pope