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Lawrence of Brindisi, OFM Cap. (22 July 1559 – 22 July 1619), born Giulio Cesare Russo , was a Neapolitan Catholic priest, theologian and member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin . An accomplished linguist, in addition to his native Italian, Lawrence could read and speak Latin, Hebrew, Greek, German, Czech, Spanish, and French fluently.
After the death of Sixtus, the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence turn over the riches of the Church, and St. Ambrose wrote that Lawrence asked for three days to gather the wealth. [7] He worked swiftly to distribute as much Church property to the indigent as possible to prevent it from being seized by the prefect.
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, a sculpture of 1617 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini This page was last edited on 11 August 2023 ...
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It shows the saint at the moment of his martyrdom, being burnt alive on a gridiron. According to Bernini's biographer, Filippo Baldinucci, the sculpture was completed when Bernini was 15 years old, implying that it was finished in the year 1614. [1]
In the Catholic Church, Servant of God is the style used for a person who has been posthumously declared "heroic in virtue" during the investigation and process leading to canonisation as a saint. [1] The term is used in the first of the four steps in the canonization process.
The theme of God's "death" became more explicit in the theosophism [clarification needed] of the 18th- and 19th-century mystic William Blake.In his intricately engraved illuminated books, Blake sought to throw off the dogmatism of his contemporary Christianity and, guided by a lifetime of vivid visions, examine the dark, destructive, and apocalyptic undercurrent of theology.
In addition, 13 other popes are in the process of becoming canonised saints: as of December 2018, two are recognised as being Servants of God, one is recognised as being Venerable, and 10 have been declared Blessed or Beati, making a total of 95 (97 if Pope Liberius and Pope Adeodatus II are recognised to be saints) of the 266 Roman pontiffs ...
Mary Bernadette Prasad Kispotta (1878–1961), Founder of the Daughters of Saint Anne of Ranchi (India) Louis-Marie Leveil (1889–1973), Professed Priest of the Jesuits (France-India) Elisa Martinez (1905–1991), Founder of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Leuca (Italy) Othon Motta (1913–1985), Bishop of Campanha (Brazil)