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The stone on which St Lawrence's body was laid after death, in San Lorenzo fuori le mura. Due to his conspiring to hide and protect the written documents of the Church, Lawrence is known as the patron saint of archivists and librarians. [15]
Chefs - Francis Caracciolo, Lawrence. Pastry chefs - Honorius of Amiens, Philip; Chemists - Albert the Great; Chess players - Teresa of Ávila; Children - Nicholas of Myra; Chimney sweeps - Erasmus of Formiae, Florian; Cinema - Genesius; Civil engineers - Dominic de la Calzada; Civil servants - Thomas More; Clergy of Korea - Andrew Kim
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Latin: Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman emperor Valerian ordered in 258.
The Parish Church of Saint Lawrence of Rome, Deacon and Martyr, commonly known as the Balagtas Church (Filipino: Simbahan ng Balagtas), is an 18th-century Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in the Municipality of Balagtas in the Philippines, dedicated to Saint Lawrence, one of the most venerated Roman martyrs, celebrated for his Christian valor.
He is the patron saint of bakers and pastry chefs. [2] In 1400, the bakers of Paris established their guild in the church of Saint Honoratus, celebrating his feast on 16 May. In 1659, Louis XIV ordered that every baker observe the feast of Saint Honoratus, and give donations in honor of the saint and for the benefit of the community. [4]
On the left, in the foreground, are Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron of Pierfrancesco the Elder (Piero's cousin), and Saint Lawrence, patron of his uncle, Lorenzo the Elder. Both lunettes were acquired in 1855 from the Metzger brothers by Sir Charles Eastlake and donated to the National Gallery in 1861. [3]
The cathedral's south wall with the Loggia di Braccio on the left and the Fontana Maggiore in the foreground.. Perugia Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Perugia), officially the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Lawrence (Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Lorenzo), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence.
Venantius of Camerino (Italian: San Venanzio, also known as Saint Wigand) (died 18 May 251 or 253) is the patron saint of Camerino, Italy and Raiano, Italy. Christian tradition holds that he was a 15-year-old who was tortured, and martyred by decapitation at Camerino during the persecutions of Decius. Martyred with him were 10 other Christians ...