Which St. Stephen? Every Saint Named Stephen

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Which St. Stephen? 9 saints and blesseds named Stephen have full entries in this encyclopedia, counting the name in other languages (Stefan). They are listed below with their dates, feast days and a line on who each one was, beginning with the first century and then century by century.

A name carries a story, and many holy men and women have carried this one. Whether you are choosing a baptismal or confirmation name, looking for the saint behind a parish or a feast, or simply trying to tell one St. Stephen from another, we hope this page helps you find the right one, and that you will ask that saint's prayers along the way. Among the best loved are St. Stephen, Blessed Stephen Bellesini and St. Stefan Milutin.

The apostles and the first century

  • St. Stephen died c. 34 · Feast day December 26

    The Feast of St. Stephen falls on December 26, the day after Christmas (December 27 in the Eastern churches), and honors the first Christian martyr.

3rd century

  • Pope St. Stephen I died 257 · Feast day August 2

    Pope St. Stephen I was bishop of Rome from 254 to 257.

8th century

  • St. Stephen the Younger c. 714–764 · Feast day November 28

    St. Stephen the Younger, also called St. Stephen the New, was a Byzantine hermit of Mount Auxentius who refused to sign the iconoclast council of 754.

11th century

  • St. Stephen of Hungary c. 975–1038 · Feast day August 16

    St. Stephen of Hungary (about 975–1038), born Vajk, was the first king of the Hungarians and the ruler who made them a Christian people.

12th century

  • St. Stephen of Muret c. 1045–1124 · Feast day February 8

    St. Stephen of Muret (1045–1124) was a French hermit who lived for decades in the woods of Muret, near Limoges, and whose disciples became the Order of Grandmont, one of the strictest religious orders of the Middle Ages.

  • St. Stephen Harding died 1134 · Feast day March 28

    St. Stephen Harding (died 1134) was an English monk from Sherborne who helped found the abbey of Cîteaux in 1098 and became its third abbot.

14th century

  • St. Stefan Milutin c. 1253–1321 · Feast day October 30

    St. Stefan Milutin (about 1253–1321), King Stefan Uroš II of Serbia, was one of the most powerful rulers of medieval Serbia and a great builder of churches, among them Gračanica.

  • St. Stephen of Perm c. 1340–1396 · Feast day April 26

    St. Stephen of Perm (about 1340–1396) was a Russian monk who learned the language of the Komi people (then called Zyrians), made an alphabet for it, translated the services into it, and became their first bishop.

19th century

  • Blessed Stephen Bellesini 1774–1840 · Feast day February 2

    Blessed Stephen Bellesini (1774–1840) was an Augustinian friar from Trent who, when his convent was suppressed, opened a free school for poor children.

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