Feast
Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
- Feast day
- August 10
- Patron of
- cooks and the poor
- Origin
- Spanish
Life
Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of Rome who was martyred under Emperor Valerian. When ordered to hand over the Church's treasures, he presented the poor, saying they were the Church's true riches.
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