Stephen was the first Christian martyr who was stoned to death by a mob, encouraged by a tax collector called Saul, who would later become Saint Paul the Apostle.
See "The Golden Legend" for the medieval life of Stephen.
The right lancet depicts St Stephen as a tonsured deacon dressed in a blue dalmatic with gold edging. He presents a model of a church held before him in his right hand, an emblem of his patronage and of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Contrary to later medieval convention, he carries no stones, either in hand or on his body, indicating a relatively early stage in the stabilisation of Stephen’s iconographic attributes in French glass.
The western facade of Bourges cathedral contains four portals, one for each aisle and a central entrance to the nave. The portal to the right of the main central entrance is dedicated to St Stephen and shows scenes of his life and martyrdom. In this scene he is being made a deacon of the early church by two of the Apostles.
French Renaissance stained glass from the le Prince workshop, on the subject of the stoning of St Stephen.
This 15th century Pieta by Jean le Pot is in Saint-Etienne Beauvais.
These three mid 16C stained glass panels depict the "Stoning of St Steven" in the left and central panel, and the "Beheading of St Catherine" in the rightmost one. Originally in St Goddard in Rouen they were moved to St Ouen in 1980.
Consisting of St Sebastian, St Lawrence, and St Stephen, this image of saints is part of the east window at Ladbroke, Warwickshire, by Hardman and Co.
This early John Hardman window of St Stephen is in the Lady Chapel of St Joseph church Avon Dasset.