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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Around 257 AD the Roman Emperor, Valerian, issued orders for all Christian bishops and priests to be put to death and all property to be confiscated. Before he was captured, the deacon Lawrence began distributing the church's treasure to the poor, whom he regarded as the true treasures of the church. It is supposed to have been burnt alive on a gridiron, which has become his usual saintly attribute, but it is more probable that he was beheaded. | Subjects: | religion (St Lawrence) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dvorak, Franz (Austrian artist, 1862-1927) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8707... | Go to resource |
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