St. Lawrence

St. Lawrence, Pope Sixtus II’s archdeacon was martyred on August 10, 258, a few days after the Pope himself and other members of the Roman clergy had suffered a similar fate, all of them victims of Valerian’s persecution. The prefect of Rome, imagining that the Christians had hid considerable treasures was extremely desirous to secure…

St. Lawrence, Pope Sixtus II’s archdeacon was martyred on August 10, 258, a few days after the Pope himself and other members of the Roman clergy had suffered a similar fate, all of them victims of Valerian’s persecution. The prefect of Rome, imagining that the Christians had hid considerable treasures was extremely desirous to secure…