Saint Lawrence of Rome
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Saint Lawrence of Rome Born at Huesca, Spain Died • cooked to death on a gridiron on 10 August 258 in Rome, Italy • tradition says that the ashes of his burned body were dispersed by the winds, and appear at different places around the world on his feast day • buried in the cemetery of Saint Cyriaca on the road to Tivoli, Italy • tomb was later opened by Pelagius to inter the body of Saint Stephen the Martyr • his mummified head is enshrined at the Quirinal Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome • other relics and the gridiron believes to have been his deathbed are enshrined in the crypt of the Basilica of San Lorenzo Outside the Walls, Rome • his garments are enshrined in Our Lady’s Chapel in the Lateran Palace, Rome Patronage • against fire • against lumbago • archives, archivists • armories, armourers • brewers • butchers • chefs, cooks • comedians, comediennes, comics • confectioners • cutlers • deacons • glaziers • laundry workers • librarians, libraries • paupers, poor people • restauranteurs • schoolchildren, students • seminarians • stained glass workers • tanners • vine growers, vintners, wine makers • --- • Ceylon, Sri Lanka • --- • 38 cities and dioceses Representation • book of Gospels • cross • gridiron • deacon holding a book • deacon holding a gridiron • deacon holding a bag of money • purse of money
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