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Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 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.

This article is about the 3rd-century Christian martyr. For other people or places called Saint Lawrence, see Saint Lawrence (disambiguation).

Saint

Lawrence

31 December AD 225[1]
Huesca[2] or less likely Valencia, Hispania (modern-day Spain)

10 August AD 258 (aged 32)
Rome

Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodoxy
Anglican Communion
Lutheranism

Pre-congregation

Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome

10 August

Usually holding a gridiron and wearing a dalmatic

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)

Minor Basilica of St Lawrence in Damaso (): site where he performed his duties as deacon of Rome;

Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Damaso

Minor Basilica of St Mary in Domnica alla Navicella (): site where he customarily distributed alms to the indigent;

Basilica Minore di Santa Maria in Domnica alla Navicella

Annexed Church of St Lawrence in Miranda (): site of his sentencing and condemnation by the Prefect of Rome;

Chiesa Annessa San Lorenzo de' Speziali in Miranda

Annexed Church of St Lawrence in Fonte (Chiesa Annessa San Lorenzo in Fonte): site of his imprisonment by the centurion Ippolito and of the fountain in which the Saint his fellow prisoners;

baptized

Church of St Lawrence in Panisperna (): site of his actual martyrdom/death and the oven used to roast him to death; and

Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Panisperna

Papal Minor Basilica of St Lawrence outside the Walls (: site of his burial and sepulchre.

Basilica Minore Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura

The Roman Catholic Church erected six churches on the sites in Rome traditionally associated with his martyrdom:


Also in Rome are three other significant churches that are dedicated to Saint Lawrence but not associated with his life:

St. Lawrence's Chapel on top of the Śnieżka in the Sudetes

St. Lawrence's Chapel on top of the Śnieżka in the Sudetes

A statue of St Lawrence overlooking the river named after him, the Saint Lawrence River

A statue of St Lawrence overlooking the river named after him, the Saint Lawrence River

Lawrence statue in St Lawrence Deacon & Martyr Parish Church, Balagtas, Bulacan, Philippines [1]

Lawrence statue in St Lawrence Deacon & Martyr Parish Church, Balagtas, Bulacan, Philippines [1]

St Lawrence holding the gridiron, by the Master of Messkirch, c. 1535–40

St Lawrence holding the gridiron, by the Master of Messkirch, c. 1535–40

St Lawrence, Ranworth Rood Screen, Ranworth, St Helen's Church, UK, c. 1430

St Lawrence, Ranworth Rood Screen, Ranworth, St Helen's Church, UK, c. 1430

St Lawrence pictured on the astronomical clock in Lund Cathedral, Sweden

St Lawrence pictured on the astronomical clock in Lund Cathedral, Sweden

St Lawrence depicted in a 14th-century book of hours

St Lawrence depicted in a 14th-century book of hours

Church of St Lawrence, Oxhill, Warwickshire, England

Church of St Lawrence, Oxhill, Warwickshire, England

Church of St. Lawrence, Barlow

Church of St. Lawrence, Barlow

In music[edit]

Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Motet de Saint Laurent, H.321, for one voice, two treble instruments and contino, 1677-78

Saint Lawrence, patron saint archive

Several other saints were also named "Lawrence" (or the corresponding local variant), so one might also occasionally encounter something named after one of them. More information on these topics can currently be accessed through disambiguation articles like:

Henry Wace, A Dictionary of Christian Biography: Laurentius

Golden Legend: "The Life of Saint Laurence"

(1911). "Lawrence, St" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). p. 304.

Delehaye, Hippolyte

Patron of Ampleforth Abbey, North Yorkshire

stpetersbasilica.info. Accessed 1 March 2024

Colonnade Statue

CatholicSaints.info. Accessed 1 March 2024.

Profile

Santiebeati.it. Accessed 1 March 2024.

Profile

Vatican.va. Accessed 1 March 2024.

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