St Stephen, first Christian martyr c36 (1493). Artist: Unknown


St Stephen, first Christian martyr c36 (1493). Stephen was found guilty of blasphemy by the Sanhedrin, supreme council of the Jews, and stoned to death. From the Bible (Acts 7:57). From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel. (Nuremberg, 1493).


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