1 Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus St. Laurentius ( Lawrence ) With Original Document
Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus St. Laurentius ( Lawrence ) With Original Document en Brass / Glass / Wax Seal, Belgium 19 th century ( Anno 1865 )
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Lawrence
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Panel of Scenes from the Life of St. Laurence in the Niccoline Chapel, c. 1450
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| 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) |