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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.
Shrine containing gridiron, traditionally believed to be the one used in the martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. "I am roasted,—now turn me, and eat me." [11]: 96 [note 18] ("Assatus est; jam versa et manduca.") — Saint Lawrence, Christian deacon (10 August 258 CE), while being burned alive on a gridiron "God be thanked." [15]: 157
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]
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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.