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Many names in what are now Québec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada are references to this important seaway, e. g., the Laurentian Mountains north of the city of Montreal, Saint-Laurent (borough), Saint Lawrence Boulevard which spans the width of the Island of Montreal, and St. Lawrence County, New York, United States near Lake Ontario.
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 .
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic papal minor basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome [ 1 ] and one of the five papal basilicas (former patriarchal basilicas ), each of which was assigned ...
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 .
Like the older one, it is also dedicated to St. Lawrence (Sveti Lovre) but it is better known as St. John's Cathedral (Sveti Ivan) after bishop John, who died in 1111 and stood out for his saintly lifestyle at a time when the Hungarian King Koloman had taken over Dalmatia and Croatia. Most of the work in the construction of the cathedral took ...
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.
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]
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 .