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Saint
Lawrence
Panel of Scenes from the Life of St. Laurence in the Niccoline Chapel, c. 1450
Martyr
Born
31 December 225[1]
Huesca[2] or less likely Valencia, Hispania (modern-day Spain)
Died
10 August AD 258 (aged 32)
Rome
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodoxy
Anglican Communion
Lutheranism
Canonized
Pre-congregation
Major shrine
Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome
Feast
10 August
Attributes
Usually holding a gridiron and wearing a dalmatic
Patronage
1) People: those who work with open fires (cooks, bakers, brewers, textile cleaners, tanners), those to whom fire means harm (librarians, archivists, miners, poor people), and comedians
2) Localities: Rome and Grosseto (Italy), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Huesca (Spain), San Lawrenz, Gozo, and Birgu (Malta), Barangay San Lorenzo, San Pablo, Laguna, Balagtas, Bulacan, Balangiga, Eastern Samar, and Mexico, Pampanga (Philippines), Canada, Colombo City (Sri Lanka)
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