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Mosaic of Stephen in Hosios Loukas monastery, Greece. Saint Stephen the Younger (Greek: Ἂγιος Στέφανος ὁ νέος, Hagios Stephanos ho neos; 713/715 – 28 November 764 or 765) was a Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine V (r. 741–775).
The cycle occupies the two lateral walls and the end wall of the Cappella Maggiore, covering a surface of 400 m 2 (4,300 sq ft) in total. [2] At the left (looking from the nave towards the high altar) are the Stories of Saint Stephen, the titular saint of the church and patron saint of Prato; at the right are the Stories of Saint John the Baptist, the protector of nearby Florence.
St. Stephen's Basilica, Jerusalem, in French Saint-Étienne, at the traditional place of St Stephen's martyrdom; modern church over ruins of Byzantine 5th-century predecessor St. Stephan's Gate , the Christian name of one of the city gates of the Old City of Jerusalem , also known as the " Lions' Gate ".
Madonna and Child with St Peter Martyr, by Lorenzo Lotto Joan of Arc being burned at the stake, by Jules-Eugène Lenepveu. Tewdrig, 6th c. [61] Boethius, 6th c. [62] Sigismund of Burgundy, 524 [63] Edwin of Northumbria, 633 in the Battle of Hatfield Chase [64] Oswald of Northumbria, 642 in the Battle of Maserfield [65] Projectus of Clermont, 676
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.
Apr. 24—Stephen King's stories have been set in a wide variety of places, like Oklahoma in "The Outsider," Louisiana in "The Green Mile" and New Hampshire in "The Talisman." But the vast ...
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