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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]
Sufi saint (born in Gaur, West Bengal) of the Chishti order, he spread Islam across Northern Bengal and Western Bihar, he was also the administrator of Northern Bengal under the Sultan Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah developing the area. His dargah in Malda is one of the largest in South Asia and gathers thousands a year.
Aurangzeb (1618–1707), buried in Khuldabad, also known as Jinda Pir. Author of Fatwa e Alamgir. Azan Faqir (17th century, buried in Sivasagar near the Brahmaputra River, reformer who stabilized Islam in the Assam region) [8] Abd al-Karīm al-Jīlī (1365–1424, expounded on the works of Ibn Arabi) Abu Al Fazal Abdul Wahid Yemeni Tamimi
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, a sculpture of 1617 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence .
It depicts the nativity of Jesus, with saints Francis of Assisi and Lawrence among other figures surrounding Mary and the newborn Jesus. [3] [2] The painting is about 2.7 metres high and two metres wide. [4] On the night of 17–18 October 1969, [5] two thieves stole the painting from its home in the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo. [4]
See also References External links Four Evangelists Main article: Four Evangelists The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The winged man, lion, eagle and bull symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke. Saint Symbol Matthew winged man or angel Mark winged lion Luke winged bull John eagle The Apostles Main article: Apostles in the New ...
The Master of Alkmaar painted the polyptych of the Seven works of mercy (c. 1504) for the Church of Saint Lawrence in Alkmaar, Netherlands. His series of wooden panel paintings show the works of mercy, with Jesus in the background viewing each, in this order: feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, bury the dead, shelter ...
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence is a Renaissance era oil painting by the Venetian artist Titian, dated from 1558.It depicts the Ancient Romans' martyrdom of Saint Lawrence and was originally an altarpiece in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta dei Crociferi, although it is now in the church of I Gesuiti in Venice.