Saint of the Day 26/December
Saint of the Day (December 26) ✠ St. Stephen ✠ Deacon and Protomartyr: Born: AD 5 Died: AD 34 Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Churches Assyrian Church of the East Anglican Communion Feast: December 26 Patronage: Altar Servers; Acoma Indian Pueblo; Casket makers; Cetona, Italy; Deacons; Headaches; Horses; Kessel, Belgium; Masons; Owensboro, Kentucky; Passau, Germany; Serbia; Republic of Srpska; Prato, Italy Saint Stephen traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity, was according to the Acts of the Apostles a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his teachings. Accused of blasphemy, at his trial, he made a long speech denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgment on him and was then stoned to death. His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus, a Pharise...