Lawrence | |
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 Panel of Scenes from the Life of St. Laurence in the Niccoline Chapel, c. 1450 | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | 31 December 225[1] Huesca[2] or less likely Valencia, Hispania (modern-day Spain) |
| Died | 10 August AD 258 (aged 32) Rome |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodoxy Anglican Communion Lutheranism |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Major shrine | Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome |
| Feast | 10 August |
| Attributes | Usually holding a gridiron and wearing a dalmatic |
| Patronage | 1) People: those who work with open fires (cooks, bakers, brewers, textile cleaners, tanners), those to whom fire means harm (librarians, archivists, miners, poor people), and comedians 2) Localities: Rome and Grosseto (Italy), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Huesca (Spain), San Lawrenz, Gozo, and Birgu (Malta), Barangay San Lorenzo, San Pablo, Laguna, Balagtas, Bulacan, Balangiga, Eastern Samar, and Mexico, Pampanga (Philippines), Canada, Colombo City (Sri Lanka) |
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December 225[1] – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman emperor Valerian ordered in 258.
- ^ a b Citing St. Donato as the original source. Janice Bennett. St. Laurence and the Holy Grail: The Story of the Holy Chalice of Valencia. Littleton, Colorado: Libri de Hispania, 2002, pg. 61.
- ^ Citing Francisco Diago and St. Donato as sources. Janice Bennett. St. Laurence and the Holy Grail: The Story of the Holy Chalice of Valencia. Littleton, Colorado: Libri de Hispania, 2002. Pages 15 and 62.