Saint Lawrence
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 Huesca or less likely Valencia, Hispania (modern-day Spain) |
| Died | 10 August AD 258 (aged 32) Rome |
| Venerated in | 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 – 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.