St. Stephen Medal on an Antiqued Silver Plated Necklace ~ Decons ~ Alter Servers

This is a 1" Oxidized Silver Plated Saint Stephen Medal.It comes on an Antiqued Silver PlatedNecklace.Saint Stephen is the Patron Saint of: Casket Makers, Decons, Altar Servers, Headaches, Horses, Masons and Serbia.One of the first deacons and the first Christian martyr; feast on 26 December. In the Acts of the Apostles the name of St. Stephen occurs for the first time on the occasion of the appointment of the first deacons (Acts 6:5). Dissatisfaction concerning the distribution of alms from the community's fund having arisen in the Church, seven men were selected and specially ordained by the Apostles to take care of the temporal relief of the poorer members. Of these seven, Stephen, is the first mentioned and the best known.