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St. Stephen (other)
Saint Stephen () was the first Christian martyr. Saint Stephen or St. Stephen may refer to: Saints * Pope Stephen I (died 257), bishop of Rome from 254 to 257 * Socrates and Stephen (died ), martyrs * Saint Ysteffan, credited as the founder of Llansteffan in Wales * Stephen the Younger (died 764), Byzantine monk from Constantinople and iconodule martyr * Stephen the Sabaite (725–796/807), Byzantine hymnographer and monk * Stephen I of Hungary (–1038), first king of Hungary () Eastern Orthodox * Stephen of Perm (1340–1396), Russian monk and apostle of the Permians * Stephen of Dečani (–1331), King of Serbia () and martyr who founded the Monastery of Visoki Dečani * Stephen the Tall (–1427), Despot of Serbia (), diplomat and ktetor * Stephen the Blind (–1476), Despot of Serbia () * Stephen the Great (died 1504), Prince of Moldavia () * Stephen Štiljanović (died 1543), Serbian nobleman who was the last Despot of Serbia () * Stephen of Piperi (died 1697), hegume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity."St. Stephen the Deacon" , St. Stephen Diaconal Community Association, Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early Church at who angered members of various |
Stephen Theodore Cuenot
The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: ''Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam''; French: ''Martyrs du Viêt Nam''), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John Paul II. On June 19, 1988, thousands of Overseas Vietnamese worldwide gathered at the Vatican for the Celebration of the Canonization of 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, an event chaired by Monsignor Tran Van Hoai. Their memorial is on November 24 (although several of these saints have another memorial, having been beatified and on the calendar prior to the canonization of the group). History The Vatican estimates the number of Vietnamese martyrs at between 130,000 and 300,000. John Paul II decided to canonize both those whose names are known and unknown, giving them a single feast day. The Vietnamese Martyrs fall into several groupin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Saint Stephen
The Order of Saint Stephen (Official: Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire, "Holy Military Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr") is a Roman Catholic Tuscan dynastic military order founded in 1561. The order was created by Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany. The last member of the Medici dynasty to be a leader of the order was Gian Gastone de Medici in 1737. The order was permanently abolished in 1859 by the annexation of Tuscany to the Kingdom of Sardinia. The former Kingdom of Italy and the current Italian Republic also did not recognize the order as a legal entity but tolerates it as a private body. History The order was founded by Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, with the approbation of Pope Pius IV on 1 October 1561. The rule chosen was that of the Benedictine Order. The first grand master was Cosimo himself and he was followed in that role by his successors as grand duke. The dedication to the martyred Pope Stephe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo Estêvão (other)
Santo Estêvão may refer to: Places ;Brazil * Santo Estêvão, Bahia ;India * St Estevam, Goa ;Portugal * Santo Estêvão (Alenquer) * Santo Estêvão (Lisbon) * Santo Estêvão (Tavira) Other uses * Doña Blanca Doña Blanca (Spanish "White Lady", also known as Dona Branca in Portuguese) is a white Spanish and Portuguese grape variety that is grown primarily in the northwest Galicia region of Spain and throughout Portugal from the Douro northward. The v ..., a wine grape See also * St. Stephen (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Esteban (other)
San Esteban may refer to: Places *San Esteban, Chile *San Esteban, Olancho, Honduras *San Esteban Island, Sonora, Mexico *San Esteban, a barangay in Nabua, Camarines Sur, Philippines *San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, Philippines *San Esteban (Morcín), Asturias, Spain *San Esteban National Park, Venezuela *Gulf of San Esteban, Western Patagonia Buildings *San Esteban, Burgos, a former Catholic church, now museum, in Spain *San Esteban, San Salvador, a historic Roman Catholic church in El Salvador *Church of San Esteban (other) *Al-Andalusian palatial complex and neighborhood of San Esteban, a Moorish archaeological site in Murcia, Spain Ships * ''San Esteban'' (1554 shipwreck), a Spanish cargo ship wrecked off the coast of what is now Texas * ''San Esteban'' (1588 shipwreck), a ship of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the west coast of Ireland * ''San Esteban'' (1607 shipwreck), a Spanish galleon wrecked on the coast of France *''San Esteban Apedreado The ''San Esteban Apedreado'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Étienne (other)
Saint-Étienne is a French city in the Loire department. Saint Etienne may also refer to: People *Saint Stephen, the first martyred saint *Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne, French revolutionary Places Canada *Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, Quebec * Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Quebec *Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec *Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon, Quebec France *Arrondissement of Saint-Étienne, Loire department *Saint-Étienne-à-Arnes, in the Ardennes department *Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, in the Pas-de-Calais department *Saint-Étienne-au-Temple, in the Marne department *Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos, in the Corrèze department *Saint-Étienne-Cantalès, in the Cantal department *Saint-Étienne-d'Albagnan, in the Hérault department *Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department * Saint-Étienne-de-Boulogne, in the Ardèche department *Saint-Étienne-de-Brillouet, in the Vendée department *Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat, in the Cantal department *Saint-Étienne-de-Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater London
Greater may refer to: * Greatness, the state of being great *Greater than, in inequality * ''Greater'' (film), a 2016 American film * Greater (flamingo), the oldest flamingo on record * "Greater" (song), by MercyMe, 2014 * Greater Bank, an Australian bank * Greater Media, an American media company See also * * {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newham London Borough Council
Newham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Newham. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Newham, currently Rokhsana Fiaz. The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced four local authorities: East Ham Borough Council, West Ham Borough Council, Barking Borough Council and Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council. History There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Newham area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Newham on 1 April 1965. Newham replaced East Ham Borough Council, West Ham Borough Council, Barking Borough Council (for land west of the River Roding) and Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council (for land north of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Stephens (ward)
St. Stephens, St. Stephen's, Saint Stephens, or Saint Stephen's may refer to the following: Population centers * St. Stephens, Alabama, a town in the United States * Saint Stephens, Nebraska, unincorporated community * St. Stephen's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada * St. Stephens, North Carolina, a town in the United States * Saint Stephens, Ohio, an unincorporated community * St. Stephens, Wyoming, a town in the United States * St. Stephens Church, Virginia, a town in the United States * St Stephens by Launceston Rural, a civil parish in Cornwall * St Stephen-in-Brannel, colloquially known as St. Stephens, a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom Education * St. Stephen's College (other), a number of colleges * St. Stephen's School (other), a number of schools * St. Stephen's University in New Brunswick, Canada Places of worship * St Stephen's Chapel, a chapel in the old Palace of Westminster, London, England * St. Stephen's Church (other), a list of chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Stephen, Hertfordshire
St Stephen is a civil parish in the St Albans City and District in Hertfordshire, England. It is located approximately north-northwest of central London, straddling the M25 motorway and immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of St Albans. St Stephen is a partly urbanised parish with multiple centres of activity and open land that forms part of the Metropolitan Green Belt. The local council is St Stephen Parish Council. The parish covers Bricket Wood, Chiswell Green, Frogmore, Colney Street, How Wood and Park Street. It is an ancient parish, and sections of it were transferred to St Albans progressively up to 1935. At the 2011 census it had a population of 13,865. History St Stephen is an ancient parish named after the 10th century St Stephen's Church in St Albans. Part of the parish was within the Municipal Borough of St Albans from 1835 until 1894. The part within the borough was transferred to the parish of St Albans in 1894. The remaining part of the parish bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Stephen-in-Brannel
St Stephen-in-Brannel (known locally as ''St Stephen's'' or ''St Stephen'') ( kw, Eglosstefan yn Branel) is a civil parish and village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Stephen village is four miles (6.5 km) west of St Austell on the southern edge of Cornwall's china clay district. The parish also contains the villages of Foxhole, Nanpean, Treviscoe and Whitemoor, and the hamlets of Carpalla, Coombe, Currian Vale, High Street, Hornick, Lanjeth, Stepaside and Terras. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 7,119. An electoral ward also exists simply bearing the name ''St. Stephen''. The population at the same census was 4,772 only. History In medieval times the parish lay within the royal manor of Brannel. St Dennis and St Michael Caerhays were daughter churches. From the 16th century the rectors resided at the latter so that it came to be regarded as the mother church. The manor of Brannel was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Stephen Parish, New Brunswick
Saint Stephen is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located in the southwestern corner of the province. For governance purposes, almost the entire parish is part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen, with a small area along Moores Mills Lake belonging to the Southwest rural district, both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised one town, two local service districts (LSDs), and part of a third LSD, all of which were members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish except the town of St. Stephen. Origin of name Historian William F. Ganong believed the name suggested by other Saint names in the area. Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
