Print from copper engraving titled „S. Stephanus“.Artist/Maker Quirin Mark.From Quirin Mark, „Geschichte der Päpste mit ihren Abbildungen, von Petrus bis Pius VII“, volume 1, Wien, Anton Schmid, 1809.Quirin Mark was an Austriian engraver, born at Littau in Moravia on 20 January 1753, formed under Jacob polluters in Vienna, where he entered as a student in the Academy. He died in Vienna 1811. The most excellent of his students was Blasius Hofel. Notes: XXIV.Stephen (Koine Greek: Στέφανος, Stephanos; sometimes spelled "Stephan"), traditionally regarded as the 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 fiercely denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgement on him and was stoned to death. His martyrdom was witnessed by Saul of Tarsus (later better known by his Roman name, Paul), a Pharisee who would later become a follower himself of Jesus and an apostle. The only primary source for information about Stephen is the New Testament book Acts of the Apostles. Stephen was one of the Greek-speaking Hellenistic Jews selected for a fairer distribution of welfare to the Greek speaking widows in Acts 6. Stephen is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox Churches. Stephen's name is derived from the Greek language Stephanos, meaning "crown". Traditionally, Stephen is invested with a crown of martyrdom; he is often depicted in art with three stones and the martyr's palm frond. In Eastern Christian iconography, he is shown as a young, beardless man with a tonsure, wearing a deacon's vestments, and often holding a miniature church building or a censer.Approx. image size 9 x 7, 4/20, 1 x 13, 2 cm.

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