The Monk Martyr and Confessor Saint Stephen the New of Mt. St. Auxentius, also Stephen the Younger (Greek: Ὁ Ὅσιος Στέφανος ὁ Ὁμολογητής ὁ Νέος), 715-767 AD, was a Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine V (741–775). He was martyred in 767 AD, becoming the most prominent iconodule martyr. His feast day is celebrated annually on November 28.
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