Saint Lawrence of Rome
Also known as
Laurence
Laurent
Laurentius
Lorenzo
Memorial
10 August
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I gotta say, I have a special place in my heart for our saint today, he is one of my personal protectors, and a good friend....
10 August
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I gotta say, I have a special place in my heart for our saint today, he is one of my personal protectors, and a good friend....
Laurence was the third-century archdeacon of Rome, distributor of alms, and "keeper of the treasures of the church" in a time when Christianity was outlawed. As we recounted earlier this week, on 6 August 258, by decree of Emperor Valerian, Pope Saint Sixtus II and six of the seven deacons in Rome were beheaded, leaving Lawrence as the ranking Church official.
While in prison awaiting execution Sixtus reassured Lawrence that he was not being left behind; they would be reunited in four days. Lawrence saw this time as an opportunity to disperse the material wealth of the church before the Roman authorities could lay their hands on it. On 10 August Lawrence was commanded to appear for his execution, and to bring along the treasure with which he had been entrusted by the pope. When he arrived, the archdeacon was accompanied by a multitude of Rome's crippled, blind, sick, and indigent. He announced that these were the true treasures of the Church…The Emperor Roasted Laurence on a gridiron for his snappy wit.
Lawrence's care for the poor, the ill, the neglected have led to his patronage of them. His work to save the material wealth of the Church, including its documents, and relics, including what many believe to be the actual Holy Grail, and the Cloth that wrapped the head of Jesus Christ in the Tomb brought librarians and those in related fields also under his patronage.
While being grilled to alive, pious legend tells us that he calmly told his murderers while being roasted, “I’m done on this side you may turn me over.”, led to his patronage of cooks and those who work in or supply things to the kitchen, as well as comedians and the witty.
Deacon Lawrence was buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriacs on the road to Tivoli, Italy; later his tomb was opened by Pelagius to inter the body of brother deacon Saint Stephen the Martyr. Lawrence’s mummified head was removed to the Quirinal Chapel; the gridiron believed to have been his deathbed is in San Lorenzo in Lucina; his vestments are in Our Lady's Chapel in the Lateran Palace.
As I said, The Grail, rescued by Lawrence resides in Valencia now, along with the Sundarim, the burial head-cloth of Jesus Christ:
http://www.valenciavalencia.com/sights-guide/holy-grail-valencia.htm
The meteor shower that follows the passage of the Swift-Tuttle comet was known in the middle ages as the "burning tears of Saint Lawrence" because they appear around the same time as Lawrence's feast.
Born
at Huesca, Spain
Died
cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258;
Patronage
against fire
Åhus, Sweden
Alaior, Menorca, Spain
archives
archivists
armories
armourers
Brissogne, Italy
brewers
butchers
Cabella Ligure, Italy
Camino, Italy
Cavatore, Alessandria, Italy
Ceylon
Chambave, Aosta, Italy
comedians
comediennes
comics
confectioners
cooks
cutlers
deacons
Denice, Italy
Gamalero, Italy
glaziers
Gross Gartach, Germany
Gyõrszemere község, Hungary
Il-Birgu, Malta
laundry workers
librarians
libraries
Limbazi, Latvia
lumbago
Lund, Sweden
Naurod, Germany
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
paupers
Picuris Indian Pueblo
poor people
restauranteurs
Rome, Italy
Rotterdam, Netherlands, city of
Rotterdam, Netherlands, diocese of
San Lawrenz, Gozo, Malta
schoolchildren
seminarians
Seravezza, Italy
Sri Lanka
stained glass workers
students
tanners
Tivoli, Italy
vine growers
vintners
wine makers
Zagarolo, Italy
Representation
book of Gospels
cross
gridiron
deacon holding a book
deacon holding a gridiron
deacon holding a bag of money
purse of money
While in prison awaiting execution Sixtus reassured Lawrence that he was not being left behind; they would be reunited in four days. Lawrence saw this time as an opportunity to disperse the material wealth of the church before the Roman authorities could lay their hands on it. On 10 August Lawrence was commanded to appear for his execution, and to bring along the treasure with which he had been entrusted by the pope. When he arrived, the archdeacon was accompanied by a multitude of Rome's crippled, blind, sick, and indigent. He announced that these were the true treasures of the Church…The Emperor Roasted Laurence on a gridiron for his snappy wit.
Lawrence's care for the poor, the ill, the neglected have led to his patronage of them. His work to save the material wealth of the Church, including its documents, and relics, including what many believe to be the actual Holy Grail, and the Cloth that wrapped the head of Jesus Christ in the Tomb brought librarians and those in related fields also under his patronage.
While being grilled to alive, pious legend tells us that he calmly told his murderers while being roasted, “I’m done on this side you may turn me over.”, led to his patronage of cooks and those who work in or supply things to the kitchen, as well as comedians and the witty.
Deacon Lawrence was buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriacs on the road to Tivoli, Italy; later his tomb was opened by Pelagius to inter the body of brother deacon Saint Stephen the Martyr. Lawrence’s mummified head was removed to the Quirinal Chapel; the gridiron believed to have been his deathbed is in San Lorenzo in Lucina; his vestments are in Our Lady's Chapel in the Lateran Palace.
As I said, The Grail, rescued by Lawrence resides in Valencia now, along with the Sundarim, the burial head-cloth of Jesus Christ:
http://www.valenciavalencia.com/sights-guide/holy-grail-valencia.htm
The meteor shower that follows the passage of the Swift-Tuttle comet was known in the middle ages as the "burning tears of Saint Lawrence" because they appear around the same time as Lawrence's feast.
Born
at Huesca, Spain
Died
cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258;
Patronage
against fire
Åhus, Sweden
Alaior, Menorca, Spain
archives
archivists
armories
armourers
Brissogne, Italy
brewers
butchers
Cabella Ligure, Italy
Camino, Italy
Cavatore, Alessandria, Italy
Ceylon
Chambave, Aosta, Italy
comedians
comediennes
comics
confectioners
cooks
cutlers
deacons
Denice, Italy
Gamalero, Italy
glaziers
Gross Gartach, Germany
Gyõrszemere község, Hungary
Il-Birgu, Malta
laundry workers
librarians
libraries
Limbazi, Latvia
lumbago
Lund, Sweden
Naurod, Germany
Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
paupers
Picuris Indian Pueblo
poor people
restauranteurs
Rome, Italy
Rotterdam, Netherlands, city of
Rotterdam, Netherlands, diocese of
San Lawrenz, Gozo, Malta
schoolchildren
seminarians
Seravezza, Italy
Sri Lanka
stained glass workers
students
tanners
Tivoli, Italy
vine growers
vintners
wine makers
Zagarolo, Italy
Representation
book of Gospels
cross
gridiron
deacon holding a book
deacon holding a gridiron
deacon holding a bag of money
purse of money
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