Category:Stephen--fiction (subject)

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Survey of fictional works on Stephen.

Overview

The Stoning of St. Stephen is a popular scene in Christian iconography, depicted by artists such us Vittore Carpaccio, Lorenzo Lotto, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, and many others. At the end of the 19th century, Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross (1896 Kingsley), novel offers the first example of fictional biography of Stephen and signals a shift of interest from the martyrdom to his life.