Στέφανος is known as the protomartyr of Christianity and venerated by the Roman Catholic, ❋ Unknown (2010)
This revolutionary approach was announced by a woman painter, Anita Malfatti, “the protomartyr of modernism,” whose forward-looking paintings in her second exhibition, in 1917, were derided by Monteiro Lobato He claimed that she simply contributed her own “-ism” in her paintings where a horse and rider fall over: “I call this genre topple-ism”. ❋ Greenintegerblog (2008)
Stephen, deacon and protomartyr, was stoned to death by the Sanhedrin because of a vision he testified to Acts 7:55-57: ❋ Fred (2007)
Steven is the protomartyr for Christ, a deacon in the early Church, Saul St. Paul was there to witness the stoning. ❋ Terry Nelson (2006)
Alban, protomartyr of Britain and patron of my parish church. ❋ Fr Timothy Matkin (2005)
Sub hac capella ad aliquos gradus monstratur locus eiusdem cænationis, videlicèt cærnaculí magni, et in eo vas, aquarum, in quo Christus lauabat pedes Apostolorum: iuxta quod vas a Gamaliele, et alijs viris timoratis primus sepultus fuit protomartyr Stephanus. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Sub hac capella ad aliquos gradus monstratur locus eiusdem c鎛ationis, videlic鑤 c鎟nacul� magni, et in eo vas, aquarum, in quo Christus lauabat pedes Apostolorum: iuxta quod vas a Gamaliele, et alijs viris timoratis primus sepultus fuit protomartyr Stephanus. ❋ Unknown (2003)
How came they then to stone the protomartyr Stephen? ❋ 1602-1675 (1979)
St. Alban's was founded, as its name implies, in honor of the English protomartyr, whose bones were said to have been discovered on that interesting site, and afterwards preserved with veneration in the abbey. ❋ Frederick Somner Merryweather (N/A)
John Brown, the protomartyr of freedom, by his heroism, daring, intrepid perseverance, inspired, -- swallowed with one great idea, had stirred all Kansas and Missouri to fear, and carried off eleven slaves to Canada and set them free. ❋ George Washington Williams (N/A)
Mayne (q. v.), the protomartyr of pontifical seminarists, was a native of Devon. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The chief day of pilgrimage was the feast of St. Stephen, protomartyr ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The protomartyr of Propaganda is St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, a German Capuchin, missionary in ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
In these lines Damasus compares Tarsicius to the protomartyr Stephen: just as the latter was stoned by the people of Judea so Tarsicius, carrying the Blessed Sacrament, was attacked by a heathen rabble, and he suffered death rather "than surrender the Sacred Body [of Christ] to the raging dogs". ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
She was called "Apostle and protomartyr among women". ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The glorious martyrs are then invoked: Stephen the Deacon, protomartyr, stoned at Jerusalem whilst praying for his executioners ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
In 1899 the head of St. Stephen, protomartyr, was given by Pius X, then Patriarch of Venice, to the Franciscan Fulgentius Carey Bishop of Lesina and Archbishop of Uskup. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
I feel like such a [protomartyr] since I'm so cooler than [all my friends] and I'm the first one to [get cancer]. ❋ Retrovertigo666 (2016)
