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For November 28, we have Saint Stephen the Younger (died 767), executed during the 8th-century iconoclastic conflicts:
"When the emperor [Constantine V] learned that the saint had organized a monastery in prison, where they prayed venerated holy icons, he sent two of his own servants, twin-brothers, to beat the
saint to death. When these brothers went to the prison and beheld the face of the monk shining with a divine light, they fell down on their knees before him, asking his forgiveness and prayers, then they told the emperor that his command had been carried out.
But the emperor learned the truth and he resorted to yet another lie. Informing his soldiers that the saint was plotting to remove him from the throne, he sent them to the prison. The holy confessor himself came out to the furious
soldiers, who seized him, dragged him through the streets of the city, and clubbed him to death. They then threw the lacerated body of the martyr into a pit, where they were accustomed to bury criminals.
On the following morning a fiery cloud appeared over Mount Auxentius, and then a heavy darkness descended upon the capital, accompanied by hail, which killed many people." (from
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Stephen_the_New)
Matt H.
Curator, Austria/Germany Study Center; Rare Book Cataloger, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML)
Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7300
Phone: 320-363-2795; Fax: 320-363-3222
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