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Saint Stephen is the Protomartyr or even number 1 martyr of Christianity and is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and its Eastern Rite, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Church of England and its Anglican Communion among other religious denominations. He is identified when one of a number 1 deacons chosen by the early church around Acts of the Apostles. The Feast of Saint Stephen is celebrated on December 26 in the Western Church and December 27 in the Eastern Church. The simple octave is kept per Roman Catholic Church in honor of this feast; it is as well commemorated in the liturgy of January 2. Upon a dying of Jesus, Stephen began to work stiff to spread what was so known as The Way. He preached a teachings of Jesus & participated in the conversion of Jews & Gentiles. Acts tells a story of how else Stephen was tried per Sanhedrin for blasphemy and was then stoned to death by an infuriated mob encouraged by Saul of Tarsus, a first Saint Paul [http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Acts+22%3A20]. Saint Stephen's title is just from either a Greek Stephanos, meaning "crown", which translated into Aramaic as Kelil. Saint Stephen is traditionally invested the crown of martyrdom for Christianity & is typically depicted around art sustaining terzetto stones & a martyrs' palm.
Cult of Saint Stephen Numbers of churches come known as within honor of Saint Stephen however there was there are no official "Tomb of St Stephen" for centuries until 415, when Christian pilgrims were traveling around heavy cost to Jerusalem & the certawithin priest known as Lucian said he got learned by revelation that grave was in Caphar Gamala, a few few feet away northward of Jerusalem. Gregory of Tours reports that the intercession of Stephen preserved an oratory dedicated to him at Metz, in which his relics were preserved, whenever a Huns burned a entire city, allowing merely a oratory standing, Easter eve, 451. ([http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html#book3 Historia Francorum ii.6]).
Media References St. Stephen is remembered in the Christmas song "Good King Wencelas".
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