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<p> Protomartyr of the [[Christian]] Church, who was (Acts vii.) stoned to death in A.D. 33; 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. </p> | <p> Protomartyr of the [[Christian]] Church, who was (Acts vii.) stoned to death in A.D. 33; 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. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80164"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stephen,+st. St. Stephen from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80164"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/stephen,+st. St. Stephen from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:21, 12 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
Protomartyr of the Christian Church, who was (Acts vii.) stoned to death in A.D. 33; 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.
