Reburial of the relics of St. Stephen Protomartyr in the grave of St. Lawrence of Rome This cutting, which would have been part of the border decoration of a large folio, commemorates the reburial of the relics of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in the grave of St. Laurence, the third-century deacon and celebrated victim of the persecutions of the Roman emperor Valerian. St. Stephen's relics were brought from Constantinople to Rome by Pope Pelagius II (578-590) during... The leaf has been dated to ca. 1340. This is the reverse of a cutting from a hymnal.
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