SPEAR Factoids about
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Personal Information
Name variant(s):
The devout deacon Stephen See factoid page
Sex:
Stephen was male. See factoid page
Occupation(s):
Stephen was a deacon. See factoid page
Relationships
Stephen brought legal charges or a petition against Leontius. See factoid page
Anonymi 3741, Stephen and Leontius were fellow clergy. See factoid page
Events
Sometime during his episcopacy Severus of Antioch received a petition from Stephen, a deacon in Antaradus requesting the intervention of Severus in the case of Leontius who had been removed from the sacred tables for taking a second wife after his ordination as a deacon but allowed to keep ministering. Stephen opposed his lifestyle and his attempts to become head deacon. See factoid page