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Saints who got 'stoned' - A musical survey

Michelle La Rosa
Dec 26, 2022
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Saints who got 'stoned' - A musical survey

December 26 is the Feast of St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church - who died a few years after the Resurrection of Jesus, when Stephen was stoned to death in Jerasulem.

Stephen’s martyrdom is perhaps the best-known instance of martyrdom by stoning, but there are actually a few other saints who were "stoned," in one way or another.

Here's a little bi…

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