Two cherubs hover overhead with garlands of victory, including a laurel crown, to bestow on the martyr ... St. Lawrence is also sometimes identified with a broken chalice. As a deacon, he would ...

This hymn is sung to the tune Stuttgart. The Martyrs of Rome: St. Lawrence the Deacon While he was visiting Rome for the Emperor Theodosius, Prudentius was inspired to write a series of poems ...

Together they went to Rome, and when Sixtus later became Pope in 257, he ordained St Lawrence a deacon, and appointed him first among the seven deacons who served in the patriarchal church.

This excerpt from the Gospel of John offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the life of St. Lawrence, a second-century martyr whose ... Lawrence served as a deacon of the church in Rome ...

NEW BEDFORD — The beauty of the landmark granite edifice that is St. Lawrence Martyr Church on Summer ... Saint Lawrence was ...

At 113 years old, Basilica of St. Lawrence the Deacon and Martyr is a working church, museum, piece of art and a tourist attraction in downtown Asheville. Now, its members are asking for the ...

Officials have not released the names of the three victims who died in the crash, but St. Lawrence Martyr Catholic Church identified one of them as Deacon Martin Clement, 61, of Redondo Beach.