Saint Lorenzo and Saint Lawrence

It is believed St. Lorenzo was natural in Huesca, Spain on celestial latitude 26, 235 (the fertilize day of St. Stephen). His parents, St Orencio and St. Paciencia, became martyrs of the church service in 246, during the Christian Persecutions. Lorenzo fly the Persecutions with other family members and moved to Italy where he became a student of an evangelist, who later(prenominal) became Pope Sixtus II. Lorenzo was ordained a Deacon of Rome by Sixtus and was entrusted with the treasury of the Holy chalice which was believed to have been used by Jesus and the Apostles at the locomote Supper.\nIn 258, Valerian, the Prefect of Rome, published his demands against Rome. The impertinently St. Pope Sixtus II was taken prisoner, and as he was light-emitting diode to his execution, his Deacon Lorenzo asked, Father, where do you go without your Deacon? Sixtus answered, I do not leave you; you leave alone follow me in one-third days. after this, Valerian ordered Lorenzo to cristal over the treasures of the Church. Over the attached three days, he distributed the treasury among the people and hid many of the Churches spiritual articles and relics throughout Europe, including Lorenzos Holy Grail. After this, Lorenzo gathered the poor and unforgiving of Rome and presented them to the Prefect saying, these are the treasures of the Church. Valerian became highly angry at comprehend such an assembly. Valerian ordered a huge gridiron to be made ready, with hot coals to be put underneath it and for St. Lorenzo to be burned to death upon it. composition in the middle of this torture, cod Valerian, his executioner, Lorenzo said, this side has been cooked enough, turn my body, you whitethorn now eat.\nIn Rome, the feast of St. Lorenzo is second to the feast of St. bill and St. Paul in popularity. in that respect are records of the celebration geological dating back to the second ten-spot of the 4th century, making the watching one of the earliest of the roma n Catholic Church. Pictures of St. Lorenzo can be found throughout Rome, including a statue among the images c...