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Lawrence Justinian (Italian: Lorenzo Giustiniani, 1 July 1381 – 8 January 1456) was a Venetian Catholic priest and bishop who became the first Patriarch of Venice. He is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church .
Depending on locality they are named St. Lawrence, St. Laurence, San Lorenzo, St. Laurent, St. Lorenz or similarly in other languages. San Lorenzo del Escorial, the monastery built by King Philip II of Spain, commemorates his victory at the Battle of St. Quentin (1557) on the Feast of St. Lawrence. [23]
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (born Nicolas Herman; c. 1614 – 12 February 1691) was a French Catholic religious brother who served at a Discalced Carmelite monastery, what is now Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris. He is best remembered for a posthumous book of his writing, the classic Christian text The Practice of the Presence of God.
The anthropologist Lawrence Babb, in an article about Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba, asks the question "Who is a saint?" and responds by saying that in the symbolic infrastructure of some religions, there is the image of a certain extraordinary spiritual person's "miraculous powers", to whom frequently a certain moral presence is attributed.
As a result, the Lutheran reformers retained a robust calendar of saints to be commemorated throughout the year. In addition to figures found in the Bible, early Christians such as Saint Lawrence and Martin of Tours were retained as saints on the calendar, as were extra-Biblical commemorations like the Assumption of Mary. Following the ...
Ryan Harris, 15, dressed in a long black cassock or priest vestment, portrayed Augustus Tolton, one of six Black Catholics up for sainthood by the Vatican.
The first formal mention of such an officer is found in the canonization of St Lawrence Justinian under Pope Leo X (1513–1521). [7] Pope John Paul II reduced the power and changed the role of the office in 1983. In cases of controversy, the Vatican may still seek to solicit the testimony of critics of a candidate for canonization.
Saint Date of Canonization Place of Canonization 1. Benedict Joseph Labre: 8 December 1881 Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy: 2. Clare of Montefalco: 3. Giovanni Battista de Rossi: 4. Lawrence of Brindisi: 5. Alphonsus Rodriguez: 15 January 1888 Rome, Kingdom of Italy: 6. John Berchmans: 7. Peter Claver: 8. Seven Holy Founders of the ...