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	The Feast of St. Lawrence
		Lawrence was buried in the Catacomb of Cyriaca, on the Via Tiburtina.
		St. Lawrence is patron of librarians, archivists, cooks, and deacons.
		To see St. Lawrence's "fiery tears," go outside after midnight, to a place as far away as possible from city lights (leave the city, if possible, and drive toward the constellation so that the city lights' glow will be behind you).
	www.fisheaters.com /stlawrence.html (1747 words)

	ARCHITECTURE - LoveToKnow Article on ARCHITECTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Outside Rome, in proscial towns and in Africa and Syria, the Forum was generally built by the intersection of the two main streets, and was surrounded by rticoes, temples and civic monuments.
		The walls of the m lla were taken down, a wall was built outside the columns of the a1 ristyle to form aisles, and the columns of the east and west end tF fre taken down and placed in line with the others, in order to at crease the length of the church.
		The basilica of St Paul, outside the walls, was originally of comratively small dimensions, with its apse at the west end; in D. 386 the church was rebuilt on a plan similar to St Peters, with ye and double aisles, divided by columns carrying arches, transept d apse.
	78.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AR/ARCHITECTURE.htm (18217 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : August 10, 2006 : Lawrence
		Lawrence rejoiced in his awful martyrdom and died praying for the conversion of the city of Rome, in the hope that from it the faith of Christ might spread throughout the world.
		As such, Lawrence had the immediate care of the altar and was at the side of the saintly Pope whenever he offered the holy Sacrifice; to him also was confided the administration of the goods of the Church and the responsibility of caring for the poor.
		St. Lawrence was a deacon in the early Church, not a priest.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2006-8-10 (1200 words)

	Basilica - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		A Christian basilica of the 4th or 5th century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt ringed with a colonnade or arcade, like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor or like the cloister that was its descendant.
		This was the architectural groundplan of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, until first the forecourt, then all of it was swept away in the 15th century to make way for a great modern church on a new plan.
		Lawrence outside the Walls to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Basilica (1243 words)

	Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura — also known in the English language as the Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls — is one of five churches considered to be the great ancient basilicas of Rome in Italy.
		The basilica is the shrine tomb of the church's namesake, Saint Lawrence, one of the first seven deacons of Rome martyred in 258.
		It was adorned with frescoes depicting the lives of Saint Lawrence, and the first martyred deacon Saint Stephen, who is interred with Lawrence in the confessio under the high altar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Lawrence_outside_the_Walls (386 words)

	Dominican Martyrology: March (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In the district of Amiens, St. Firminus, abbot.
		At Terracina in Campania, St. Epaphroditus, disciple of the Apostles.
		In the monastery of Luxeuil in Gaul, the death of the Abbot St. Eustasius, a disciple of St. Columban.
	www.op.org /domcentral/life/martyr03.htm (6732 words)

	The Pontifical North American College - Station Church Guide
		The four Major basilicas of Rome are: 1) St. John Lateran or San Giovanni in Laterano; 2) St. Peter’s Basilica or San Pietro; 3) St. Paul’s Outside-the-Walls or San Paolo Fuori le Mura; and 4) St. Mary Major or Santa Maria Maggiore.
		A) Circus Nero; B) the Vaticanum was a hill outside Rome near the Circus Nero and a Roman necropolis; C) 63 or 67 A.D. The Patriarchal Lateran Archbasilica, the Cathedral of Rome.
		His Holiness, the Pope, is also named the "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Chief of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God".
	www.pnac.org /station_churches/appendices/trivia2.htm (1007 words)

	Saint Lawrence - TheBestLinks.com - St. Lawrence, August 6, Anglicanism, Ambrose, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Saint Lawrence (Laurentius in Latin) was one of the seven deacons of Rome, where he was martyred in 258.
		Lawrence is one of the most widely venerated saints of the Roman Catholic Church.
		Lawrence is especially honored in the city of Rome, where he is one of the city's patrons.
	www.thebestlinks.com /St._Lawrence.html (594 words)

	Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
		(Patriarchal Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls)
		The Basilica of St. Lawrence is one of the five patriarchal basilicas in Rome, each of which is assigned to a patriarchate.
		Lawrence is assigned to the Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
	www.gcatholic.com /churches/rome-s-lorenzo (225 words)

	St. Lawrence -- Deacon and Martyr
		The earliest extant document commemorating the martyrdom of St. Lawrence is found in the "Hymn in Honor of the Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence" composed by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens and published in the year 405.
		Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of Rome who, along with Pope Sixtus II and other Roman deacons, suffered martyrdom in the year 258 during the persecution of Valerian.
		Lawrence agreed to surrender the treasure and requested a short delay so that he could gather all the goods and estimate their total worth.
	www.deacons.net /Deacons_before_us/lawrence.html (882 words)

	How do we know?
		St. Matthew is in the Cathedral of St. Matthew in Messina, Sicily.
		St. Philip is in the Church of the Dodici Apostoli in Rome, Basilica of the Holy Apostles.
		St. Stephen is in Rome in the Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls.
	home.inreach.com /bstanley/how.htm (16744 words)

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		This was the burial place of St. Lawrence whose body was taken by Matron (and later Saint) Cyriaca from his place of martyrdom and buried in the tufa rock under her field which became the small catacomb you can still visit.
		The tombs of Saints Lawrence, Stephen and Justin are in a 4 C crypt down the center stairs.
		Lawrence, deacon of Pope Sixtus II, was martyred by being roasted on a gridiron during the persecution of Emperor Valerian.
	web.tiscali.it /romaonlineguide/Pages/eng/rcristiana/sCH2y5.htm (394 words)

	Australian Association for Byzantine Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Outside the walls were the graves and shrines of many martyrs, like Saints Lawrence, Sebastian, Agnes and Cecilia; in the fourth and fifth centuries small suburbs had grown up around them, with basilicas, oratories and monasteries.
		Pope Symmachus beautified St Peter's basilica itself with marble, perhaps opus sectile revetment, similar to that which survives in the basilica of S. Sabina or in the narthex of the Lateran Baptistery, from the time of Pope Celestine I (422-432) and Sixtus III (432-440).
		Although the apse of St Lawrence Outside the Walls was demolished in the thirteenth century, the mosaics of the apsidal church survive.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~byzaus/jblloyd.htm (4237 words)

	St. Lawrence
		The fundamental mission of St. Lawrence Citizens' High School and London College is the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, its understanding and appreciation.
		St. Lawrence has a teaching staff of 102 qualified and experience teachers 90 of whom are University graduates.
		St Lawrence is linked to the African Bookcase based in U.K. We are grateful to them for constantly and generously donating a lot of books especially in Science to St. Lawrence and London College.
	www.enteruganda.com /st.Lawrence.htm (1137 words)

	The Catholic Voice online edition
		Cardinal Bernard Law, retired archbishop of Boston and current archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, was the principal concelebrant, with four other cardinals, of one of the nine Masses for the late Pope John Paul II today (April 11).
		The cathedral of Rome, St. John Lateran, with its ancient baptistery, is a third.
		Outside the Basilica of St. Lawrence is a statue of Pope Pius XII which commemorates the Pope’s personal assistance to the people of this area during the 1943 Allied bombing of the neighborhood of the railroad station, which used to be nearby.
	www.catholicvoiceoakland.org /todaysnewsarchives/PaulsDispatch.htm (10213 words)

	Faithful Single Catholics Meet and Marry at AveMariaSingles.com!
		St. John in Lateran is the Cathedral of Rome, one of the four major basilicas and the mother of all churches in Rome and in the world.
		St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is the largest church in the world, and one of the most beautiful.
		St. Mary Major is one of the four main basilicas in Rome, and is the largest church in the world dedicated to Our Lady.
	avemariasingles.com /Ave-Maria-Single-Catholics-Rome_Trip_Itinerary.cfm (2588 words)

	St Columba's HomePages: St Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		What is unquestionable is that from the 4" century St Lawrence was venerated as one of the most famous martyrs of Rome where five ancient basilicas are dedicated to him.
		St Lawrence was a deacon and we have in our neighbouring parish, St Mary's, Blairs, one who bears the same title - Deacon John so I thought it appropriate to ask him about this office and its history.
		Following the tradition of St Lawrence there is a further requirement in administration and leadership of charitable works.
	www.stcolumba.org.uk /JUBILEE/SAINTS/lawrence.htm (495 words)

	Argent by the Tiber: stations
		In the confessio, St. Matthias the Apostle is buried.
		Pope St. Paschal (with a square halo, indicating that he was still alive at its execution) is seen holding a model of the church, and the saint on the right side is probably St. Zeno the martyr.
		Also notice the Chapel of St. Stephen, a reminder that before his conversion, Saul took part in the stoning of St. Stephen, protomartyr of the church, who is buried at St. Lawrence Outside the Walls.
	sognodargento.blogspot.com /search/label/stations (9439 words)

	Christmas
		Thie Epistle of St James in the New Testament is commonly attributed to James, the Lord's brother.
		Lawrence was the favorite saint of Philip of Spain, who built his palace of the Escorial in the shape of a gridiron.
		The feast of St. Elizabeth was observed as a public holiday in England from 1588 onwards, as a celebration of the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
	www.guildofstgeorge.com /holiday_text.htm (14952 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rome
		Exarch of Ravenna (640), by the exile of
		Gregoriopolis, the Leonine City, placed outside the walls for the defence of the Basilica of St. Peter, and sacked in 846, and Joannipolis, for the defence of St.
		Chapel and the chapel of St. Augustine, the frescoes of the vault, etc. Raphael designed the mosaics of the Chigi chapel, and there are paintings by Caracci, Caravaggio and Sebastiano del Piombo (the Birth of the Blessed Virgin).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13164a.htm (11491 words)

	illume: Heritage of Saints Program Concepts
		Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of Rome and was martyred in 258 during a severe persecution against Christians.
		Legend has it that Lawrence was martyred by being roasted on a grill - thus Rome is filled with artistic representations of his death.
		He was buried in a cemetery just outside the walls where the Church of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls stands.
	www.travelillume.com /heritage/heritage_of_saints.html (2383 words)

	Rome, city, Italy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It lies at the foot of the old Capitol (see Capitoline Hill) and borders on the huge monument to King Victor Emmanuel II and on the Palazzo Venezia, a Renaissance palace from the balcony of which Mussolini used to address the crowds.
		From the Piazza Venezia another modern thoroughfare, the Via del Mare, leads southwestward to the Tiber and then east past the Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le Mure) to Ostia, Rome’s ancient port now blocked by silt, to the sea at Lido di Roma.
		In 846, Rome was sacked by the Arabs; the Leonine walls were built to protect the city, but they did not prevent the frequent occupations and plunderings of the city by Christian powers.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ro/RomeIt.html (5783 words)

	SSPXAfrica.com: Editorial October 2000
		Entering into St. Peter's was an extraordinary sight with the long procession (now well over 4,000) seeming to stretch on and on.
		In St. Peter's we gathered around the Confession of St. Peter and though there was still room in the side aisles and behind the altar, we seemed to fill the nave of this great Basilica.
		St, Mary Major is one of the smaller Basilicas though the greatest of Our Lady’s churches, so the pilgrims could not all fit into the church at once.
	www.sspxafrica.com /documents/2000_October/Editorial.htm (1026 words)

	St. Lawrence Gas - Natural Gas Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		In the St. Lawrence Gas territory, where gas service is available, about 85% of the homes and businesses select natural gas.
		Caulk along the seam with the baseboard on, or carefully remove the baseboard and caulk between the wall and the floor.
		Lawrence Gas recognizes that there may be instances where a gas line has been installed within a sewer line whose location was unknown at the time the gas line was put in.
	www.stlawrencegas.com /natgas.shtml (2683 words)

	AllRefer.com - Rome, city, Italy : The Modern City : Landmarks and Institutions, Italy (Italian Political Geography) - ...
		From the Piazza Venezia another modern thoroughfare, the Via del Mare, leads southwestward to the Tiber and then east past the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls (San Paolo fuori le Mure) to Ostia, Rome's ancient port now blocked by silt, to the sea at Lido di Roma.
		Among the countless churches of Rome there are five patriarchal basilicas : St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), St. Lawrence Outside the Walls, and St. Paul's Outside the Walls.
		Characteristic of the old Roman churches are their fine mosaics (4th–12th cent.) and the use of colored marble for decoration, introduced in the 12th cent.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RomeIt-the-modern-city-landmarks-and-institutions.html (715 words)

	Jubilee Rome, Part IV
		Lawrence asked for three days to collect those treasures, and then presented the rulers with the poor, the blind, the crippled and the orphans, telling the prefect that these were, indeed, the Church's treasures.
		Along the right wall of the nave is the Albani Chapel, built by Pope Clement XI to honor Pope St. Fabian, who had been martyred in 250 during the persecution of Decius.
		The relics of St. Sebastian lie in the altar on the left side of the nave, near the entrance to the church.
	www.adoremus.org /0800-Sheila.html (3178 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Rome - AOL Research & Learn
		It lies at the foot of the old Capitol (see Capitoline Hill) and borders on the huge monument to King Victor Emmanuel II and on the Palazzo Venezia, a Renaissance palace from the balcony of which Mussolini used to address the crowds.
		Among the countless churches of Rome there are five patriarchal basilicas—St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), St. Lawrence Outside the Walls, and St. Paul's Outside the Walls.
		In 846, Rome was sacked by the Arabs; the Leonine walls were built to protect the city, but they did not prevent the frequent occupations and plunderings of the city by Christian powers.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/rome/20051207041009990023 (5765 words)

	Miles Jesu - Ecclesial Family of Consecrated Life
		The Basilica of St. Lawrence in Rome is reckoned as one of the five great Basilicas because it is specially attributed to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
		Since the fourth century, St. Lawrence, who was a Deacon himself, has been one of the most honored martyrs of the Roman Church.
		The saintly Bishop of Milan also states that St. Lawrence was burned to death on a grid-iron.
	www.milesjesu.com /missions/mjmonthly-mar07b.html (568 words)

	Rome - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Still located in Rome are the Academia di Santa Cecilia - the world's oldest academy of music (founded 1584), St.
		John's University's Rome campus which is located at the Pontificio Oratorio San Pietro, several academies of fine arts, colleges of the church, medical and Health research instituts.
		Sant'Agnese fuori le mura (St. Agnes outside the Walls)
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/r/o/m/Rome.html (1410 words)

	Basilica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		This is one of only a handful of basilicas in the United States outside of a major metropolitan area.
		The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek basiliké stoà, royal stoa), was originally used to describe a Roman public building (as in Greece, mainly a tribunal), usually located at the centre of a Roman town (forum).
		John The Baptist in St. John's, Newfoundland was designated a Minor Basilica in 1955.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Basilica.htm (1456 words)

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