Ampleforth Abbey
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Ampleforth Abbey is a monastery of Benedictine monks a mile to the east of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England, part of the English Benedictine Congregation. It descends from the pre-Reformation comm
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Monastery, Abbey Church and Main Hall
South Side of the Church
East Side of the Church
Saint Lawrence
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Saint Lawrence or Laurence was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians ordered by the Roman emperor Valerian in 258.
Ampleforth Abbey
…Country England Denomination Catholic Church Website Ampleforthabbey.org.uk History Status Abbey Founded 1802 Founder Lady Anne Fairfax Dedication St Laurence the Martyr Architecture Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade I Designated 9 September 1985 Administration Province Liverpool Diocese Middlesbrough…
Panel of Scenes from the Life of St. Laurence in the Niccoline Chapel, c. 1450
St. Lawrence Distributing the Treasures of the Church by Bernardo Strozzi
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence by Rubens (1614)
Martyrdom of San Lorenzo, by Palma il Giovane, in San Giacomo dall'Orio (Venice)