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When Milan was the capital of the west, it surpassed Rome in importance because the imperial court was there. Christianity was made the state religion of the empire with the Edict of Milan. Two fathers of the Catholic church worked in Milan.
Stephen became the first martyr of the church when he was killed by a mob, and whose death was agreed to by Saul of Tarsus, the future Apostle Paul (Acts 8:1). Philip evangelized in Samaria, where he converted Simon Magus and an Ethiopian eunuch, traditionally beginning the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.lthough the Seven are not called 'deacons' in the New Testament, their role is described as 'diaconal' (Î´Î¹Î±ÎºÎ¿Î½ÎµÎ¹Î½ ÏÏÎ±ÏÎµÎ¶Î±Î¹Ï in Greek), and they are therefore often regarded as the forerunners of the Christian order of deacons.