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The first martyr. Stephen is killed at the command of the Sanhedrin when he refuses to renounce Jesus. Upon his stoning to death, he professes he can see Jesus now, sitting at the right hand of the Father.
Saul was there at Stephen's murder, assisting. The matter is chronicled in the Book of Acts.
Stephen is the patron saint of alter servers.
His tomb was located after revealed by revelation to Lucian in 415AD at the site of Beit Jimal.