Saint Lawrence of Rome

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Saint Lawrence of Rome was a 3rd-century Christian deacon and martyr of the early Church, venerated for his charity and steadfast faith during the persecution under Emperor Valerian.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Lawrence of Rome canonical 5
Saint Laurence 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr ⓘ
deacon ⓘ
person ⓘ
saint ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
causeOfDeath persecution of Christians under Valerian ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 3rd century ⓘ
commemoratedBy Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura ⓘ
surface form: Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura

San Lorenzo in Lucina ⓘ
San Lorenzo in Panisperna ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfDeath 258 ⓘ
employer Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Church of Rome
feastDay 10 August ⓘ
hasCause charity toward the poor ⓘ
hasQuality charity ⓘ
courage ⓘ
humor in suffering ⓘ
steadfast faith ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
iconographicAttribute deacon’s dalmatic ⓘ
gridiron ⓘ
palm of martyrdom ⓘ
influenced Christian devotion to the poor ⓘ
languageOfWorship Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by burning ⓘ
martyrdom ⓘ
notableEvent presented the poor as the true treasures of the Church ⓘ
notableWork distribution of Church treasures to the poor ⓘ
participantIn Valerian persecution ⓘ
surface form: Valerianic persecution
patronage Huesca province ⓘ
surface form: Huesca

archivists ⓘ
chefs ⓘ
comedians ⓘ
cooks ⓘ
firefighters ⓘ
librarians ⓘ
students ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
surface form: the city of Rome

the poor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Hispania

Huesca province ⓘ
surface form: Huesca
placeOfDeath Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
positionHeld archdeacon of Rome ⓘ
deacon of the Church of Rome ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
tradition Latin Church worldwide ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Church

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Lawrence River → namedAfter → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
Collégiale Saint-Laurent de Joinville → namedAfter → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
Laurentius → bearer → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
Church of St Laurence, Stroud → namedAfter → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Laurence
Basilica of Saint Lawrence → namedAfter → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
St Laurence's Church, Ludlow → dedicatedTo → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Laurence
San Lorenzo Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ