Patronage
2 saints are venerated as patrons of Stonemasons, led by Saint Stephen (feast day December 26).
1 — 36 · Feast day: December 26
Saint Stephen was the first to shed his blood for Christ — chosen as one of the seven original deacons, full of grace and power, until his courageous defense of the faith before the Sanhedrin so enraged his accusers that they dragged him out and stoned him. He died gazing upward into open heaven, asking forgiveness for his executioners — witnessed by a young man named Saul, who would become Saint Paul.
before 284 — 336 · Feast day: December 31
Sylvester I served as Bishop of Rome from 314 to 335, during Constantine's reign. Very little is known of his personal life, but his pontificate oversaw the Church's emergence from persecution into public life, including Constantine's funding of the great Roman basilicas — the Lateran, Old St. Peter's, and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.