# Saint Stephen

> Christianity's first recorded martyr — a deacon in Jerusalem whose speech before the Jewish council ended in stoning around AD 34, witnessed by a man who would become Paul the Apostle.

*Deacon, martyr, and saint*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/saint-stephen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Born:** 1
- **Died:** 36
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Stephen was a Greek-speaking Hellenistic Jew chosen to oversee food distribution to widows in the early Jerusalem church. His teachings angered members of various synagogues, and he was accused of blasphemy. At trial he delivered a speech denouncing the Jewish authorities sitting in judgment. They stoned him to death. Among those present at the execution was Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee who later became Paul. All detail of Stephen's life comes from Acts of the Apostles. He is venerated across Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions, typically depicted young and beardless in a deacon's vestments, holding three stones and wearing a martyr's crown.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 14.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #227

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161775)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Saint%20Stephen)
- [إسطفانوس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [استفانوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Сьвяты Стэфан](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Стефан (светец)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%86))
- [Stefan (kentañ merzher)](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_(kenta%C3%B1_merzher))
- [Esteve màrtir](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteve_m%C3%A0rtir)
- [Svatý Štěpán](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1n)
- [Steffan (sant)](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steffan_(sant))
- [Sankt Stefan](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Stefan)
- [Stephanus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus)
- [Πρωτομάρτυρας Στέφανος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Sankta Stefano](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankta_Stefano)
- [Esteban (mártir)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_(m%C3%A1rtir))
- [Eztebe (martiria)](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eztebe_(martiria))
- [سنت استفان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Pyhä Stefanos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyh%C3%A4_Stefanos)
- [Étienne (martyr)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_(martyr))
- [Stefanus (martelder)](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanus_(martelder))
- [San Stiofán](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Stiof%C3%A1n)
- [Estevo, mártir](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevo%2C_m%C3%A1rtir)
- [סטפנוס הקדוש](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A9)
- [Stjepan Prvomučenik](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_Prvomu%C4%8Denik)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Esteve_(sant))
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephanus)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Saint_Stephen)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stefano_protomartire)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)

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