St. Stephen's
story is told in the Acts of the Apostles (6;7:55-60). Accused of speaking
blasphemous words against the God of Moses, he was taken before the Sanhedrin.
His accusers, incensed at hearing him assert that he saw "the heavens opened,
and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God" (7:56), expel him
from the town and stone him. Stephen is always depicted as a young man
without a beard. He wears the deacon's dalmatic and stole and holds Gospels
in his hands. He also carries - in his hands, balanced on his head or placed
on a book - one or more stones alluding to his death.
See: Fra Angelico. Ordination
of St. Stephen by St. Peter. St.
Stephen Preaching.
Vittore Carpaccio. Life
of St. Stephen: St. Stephen Disputing. The
Ordination of St. Stephen as Deacon.
Domenico Ghirlandaio St.
Stephen.
Giotto St.
Stephen.
Rembrandt. The
Martyrdom of St. Stephen.
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