13.5.11

St Stephen's Lapidation (Lapidação de Santo Estevão)

He is considered the first Christian martyr. According to the Acts of the Apostles (VI: 8), during a sermon in Jerusalem, he was taken outside the city walls and stoned to death.


Terá sido o primeiro mártir Cristão. De acordo com os Actos dos Apóstolos (VI, 8), durante uma pregação em Jerusalém, levaram-no para fora das muralhas da cidade e apedrejaram-no até à morte.

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)-'the stoning of St Stephen'-oil on copper Paris-Musée du Louvre

Unknown (12th century)-'the stoning of St Stephen'-Limoges reliquary enamel Gimel-les-Cascades (France)-Église Saint-Priest

Unknown (15th century)-'the stoning of St Stephen'-miniature Hartmann Schedel; Nuremberg Chronicle, fl. 103v

Paolo Uccelo (1395-1475)'-the stoning of St Stephen'-fresco-ca 1435 Prato-Duomo

Attr. Luigi Garzi (1638-1721)-'the stoning of St Stephen'-oil on canvas

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