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St. Stephen's Church, Thope, is one of the parishes of the first diocese of India, Kollam. It is 216 years old and the patron of this parish is St. Stephen, the first Martyr of the Church and it is situated beside Kollam Beach; St Stephen Church in Santo Estêvão, Goa, India; St. Stephan's Orthodox Syrian Church, Kattanam ( Kattanam Valiyapalli)
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
Saint Stephen's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Christian saint's day to commemorate Saint Stephen, the first Christian martyr or protomartyr, celebrated on 26 December in Western Christianity and 27 December in Eastern Christianity.
The Martyrdom of Pope Stephen in the Golden Legend (1497). The Depositio episcoporum of 354 does not speak of Pope Stephen I as a martyr and he is not celebrated as such by the Catholic Church, [3] in spite of the account in the Golden Legend that in 257 Emperor Valerian resumed the persecution of Christians.
Stephen is the first martyr reported in the New Testament, accused of blasphemy and stoned by the Sanhedrin under the Levitical law. [25] Toward the end of the 1st century, the martyrdom of both Peter and Paul is reported by Clement of Rome in 1 Clement. [26]
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians , as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( Ancient Greek : Στέφανος Stéphanos ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts , was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr ") of the Christian ...
Stephen, the first martyr; Philip, who baptized the Ethiopian eunuch; Prochorus, bishop of Nicomedia, who also was the first that departed, 11 believing together with his daughters; Nicanor died when Stephen was martyred; Timon, bishop of Bostra; Parmenas, bishop of Soli (either in Cyprus or in Asia Minor) . Nicolaus, bishop of Samaria ...
Stephen the Younger is included among the iconodule martyrs who are presented as witnesses to the event. Stephen was born in Constantinople in 713 or, according to the Life, shortly after 11 August 715. His father, Gregory, was a craftsman.