This article is about the 3rd-century Christian martyr. For other people or places called Saint Lawrence, see Saint Lawrence (disambiguation).
See also: San Lorenzo and Saint Laurent
Saint
Lawrence
Martyr
Born
31 December AD 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) or those to whom fire means harm (librarians, archivists, miners, poor people) 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 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.
^ abCiting 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.
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