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St Stephen's House, Oxford – a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford and Anglican theological college; St Stephen's Church, Bristol – a city church built outside the walls c. 1250, rebuilt c. 1430 – c. 1490; St Stephen's, Sneinton, Nottingham – has strong links to William Booth and The Salvation Army.
Saint Stephen is also the patron saint of Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. St. Stephen's Day, 9 January, is celebrated as the Day of the Republika Srpska or Dan Republike, though mainly as an anniversary of the 1992 events rather than as a religious feast.
The mausoleum was a focal point of the 1938 celebration of the 900th anniversary of St. Stephen's death. A series of events that year culminated on August 18 with a special session of both houses of the Hungarian Parliament that made August 20, the day of the deceased king's canonization in 1083, into a national holiday . The event was ...
The start of the traditional Christian observance of the last walk of Jesus from prison to crucifixion, the Via Dolorosa, begins at the Lions' Gate, called St Stephen's Gate by Christians. Carved into the wall above the gate are four lions, two on the left and two on the right.
"St. Stephen and Herod" (Roud 3963, Child 22) is a traditional English Christmas carol. [1] It depicts the martyrdom of Saint Stephen as occurring, with wild anachronism , under Herod the Great , and claims that that was the reason for St. Stephen's Day being the day after Christmas.
The Stoning of Saint Stephen is the first signed painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt, made in 1625 at the age of 19. [1] One of his earlier works, it is an oil painting on a wood panel and currently exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon .
Remembering her friend. Ellen DeGeneres paid tribute to her former DJ, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, after the dancer died by reported suicide on Tuesday, December 13, at age 40. Ellen DeGeneres and ...
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen (Hungarian: Szent István király [ˌsɛnt ˈiʃtvaːn kiraːj]; Latin: Sanctus Stephanus; Slovak: Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký; c. 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last grand prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038.