San Lorenzo (Laurentius in Latin) was one of the seven deacons of Rome.
Born in Huesca in Tarraconensis Hispania. When Pope Sixtus was appointed in the year 257, Lawrence was ordained a deacon, and responsible for managing the assets of the Church and care of the poor. For this work, is considered one of the first archivists and treasurers of the Church, and is the patron of librarians.
Among the treasures of the Church entrusted to Lorenzo said that was the Holy Grail, and managed to send it to Huesca, along with a letter and inventory, which was hidden for centuries.
During the persecution of Christians under the rule of Emperor Valerian I in 258, many priests and bishops were put to death. Pope Sixtus II was one of the first victims, was crucified on 6 August. A letter of St. Ambrose of Milan says Sixto Lorenzo met on his way to crucifixion, and asked, "Where are you, dear father, without your son?" Where you hurry, holy father, without your deacon ? never mounted the altar of sacrifice without your servant, and now want to do it without me, "what the Pope said:" In three days you will follow me. "
After the death of the Pope, the prefect of Rome ordered Lawrence to turn over the wealth of the Church. Lawrence asked for three days to collect them, but distributed as many property-poor. On the third day, appeared before the prefect, and introduced him to the poor, the disabled, the blind and the needy, and said that these were the true treasures of the Church.
Lorenzo was burned alive on a grill, summer camp near Rome, on 10 August, the day that celebrates his birthday.
Lorenzo was buried on the Via Tiburtina in the Catacomb of Ciriaca, by Hippolytus and Justin, a priest. It is said that Constantine the Great had built a small chapel in honor of the martyr, who became a stopping point on the routes of pilgrimage to the tombs of the Roman martyrs in the seventh century. Pope Damasus I rebuilt the church, today known as the Basilica di San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, while the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Panisperna stands on the site of his martyrdom. The grid used in the martyrdom was saved by Pope Paschal II in the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina.
Lorenzo is one of the most widely venerated saints of the Roman Catholic Church. His martyrdom occurred very early in the history of the Church, so many other Christian traditions honor him as well.
is the patron of the city of Huesca. It is especially venerated in Rome, is one of the patrons of the city. It is also the patron saint of the Peruvian City Recuay Brand Ancash Province and is the patron of librarians, cooks, tanners and miners. On August 10 the reliquary containing his burnt head exposed at the Vatican to be venerated.
The Community of Madrid is the Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, built by Philip II to commemorate the victory of San Quentin August 10, 1557, thanking the protection of the martyr San Lorenzo. To do this, he built the monastery with a grid, having been the instrument of his martyrdom.
must also include an assumption, widespread in certain sectors of scholars, which indicates that the history of this saint was used for the cristinianización of a Celtic god highly revered in the ancient world, the god Lug or Lugh.
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