Saint of the Day – December 26 – Saint Stephen, The First Martyr

Saint Stephen: Born: 5; Died: 33–36

“Stephen, full of grace and fortitude, did great wonders and miracles among the people … And they, crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord rushed violently upon him. And casting him out of the city, they stoned him and the witness laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul. And falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord”

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