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See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
LAWRENCE (See also:LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST , See also:Christian See also:martyr,
whose name appears in the See also:canon of the See also:mass, and whose festival is on the loth of See also:August. The See also:basilica reared over his See also:tomb at See also:Rome is still visited by pilgrims. His See also:legend is very popular. See also:Deacon of the See also:pope (St) See also:Sixtus (See also:Xystus) II., he was called upon by the See also:judge to bring forth the treasures of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church which had been committed to his keeping. He thereupon produced the church's poor See also:people. Seeing his See also:bishop, Sixtus, being led to See also:punishment, he cried: " See also:Father! whither goest See also:thou without thy son? See also:Holy See also:priest! 'whither goest thou without thy deacon?" Sixtus prophesied that Lawrence would follow him in three days. The prophecy was fulfilled, and Lawrence was sentenced to be burnt alive on a gridiron. In the midst of his torments he addressed the judge ironically with the words: Assum est, versa et manduca (" I am roasted enough on this See also:side; turn me See also:round, and eat"). All these details of the well-known legend are already related by St See also:Ambrose (De Offic. i. 41, ii. 28). The punishment of the gridiron and the speech of the martyr are probably a See also:reminiscence of the Phrygian martyrs, as related by See also:Socrates (iii. 15) and See also:Sozomen (v. II). But the fact of the martyrdom is unquestionable. The date is usually put at the persecution of See also:Valerian in 258.
The cult of St Lawrence has spread throughout Christendom, and there are numerous churches dedicated to him, especially in See also:England, where 228 have been counted. The Escurial was built in See also:honour of St Lawrence by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. of See also:Spain, in memory of the See also:battle of St Quentin, which was won in 1557 on the See also:day of the martyr's festival. The meteorites which appear annually on or about the loth of August are popularly known as " the tears of St Lawrence."
See Acta sanctorum, See also:Augusti ii. 485-532; P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, S. Lorenzo e it supplicio See also:delta graticola (Rome, 1900) ; Analecta Bollandiana, xix. 452 and 453; Fr. See also:Arnold-See also:Forster, Studies in Church Dedications or England's See also:Patron See also:Saints, i. 508-515, iii. 18, 389-390 (1899). (H.
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