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.
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)
San Lorenzo fuori le mura
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The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura is a Roman Catholic papal minor basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and one o
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…church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna, and was buried in the Catacomb of Cyriaca on the Via Tiburtina, upon which has been built the Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura. The Almanac of Filocalus for 354 states that he was buried in the catacomb by Hippolytus and Justin the Confessor, a presbyter. One of the early sources…
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura is a shrine to the martyred Roman deacon Saint Lawrence. An Allied bombing on 19 July 1943, during World War II, devastated the facade, which was subsequently rebuilt.
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