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, PAUL (1554-1624)

LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST  , See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• MARTYR (Gr. pimp or µaprvs)

martyr, whose name appears in the See also:

• CANON

canon of the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass, and whose festival is on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . The See also:

• BASILICA

basilica reared over his See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome is still visited by pilgrims . His See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend is very popular . See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

Deacon of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope (St) See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus (See also:

• XYSTUS

Xystus) II., he was called upon by the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

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

people . Seeing his See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, Sixtus, being led to See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, he cried: " See also:

• FATHER

Father! whither goest See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

thou without thy son ? See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest ! 'whither goest thou without thy deacon?" Sixtus prophesied that 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 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
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side; turn me See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round, and eat") . All these details of the well-known legend are already related by St See also:

• AMBROSE (AMBROISE), AUTPERT (d.' 778)
• AMBROSE (ANDREY SERTIS-KAMENSKIY) (1708-1771)
• AMBROSE (fl. 119o)
• AMBROSE, ISAAC (1604-1663/4)
• AMBROSE, SAINT (c. 340-307)

Ambrose (De Offic. i . 41, ii .

28) . The punishment of the gridiron and the speech of the martyr are probably a See also:

• REMINISCENCE (from Lat. reminisci, to remember)

reminiscence of the Phrygian martyrs, as related by See also:

• SOCRATES

Socrates (iii . 15) and See also:

• SOZOMEN

Sozomen (v . II) . But the fact of the martyrdom is unquestionable . The date is usually put at the persecution of See also:

• VALERIAN

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
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where 228 have been counted . The Escurial was built in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

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
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in memory of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of St Quentin, which was won in 1557 on the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

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, JOHANN CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1772-1841)

Augusti ii . 485-532; P . Franchi de' Cavalieri, S . Lorenzo e it supplicio See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta graticola (Rome, 1900) ; Analecta Bollandiana, xix .

452 and 453; Fr . See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold-See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster, Studies in Church Dedications or England's See also:

• PATRON

Patron See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints, i . 508-515, iii . 18, 389-390 (1899) . (H .