Talk:Saint Lawrence

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[edit] Laurentius

Was his name Laurentius? -- Zoe

Your biography is restrictive: Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence was described by Marcus Aurelius Prudentius in his book Peristephanon (during life emperor Theodosius). Description is clear: He was toasted. There is another historical source that places his martyrdom a bit before, in time of emperors Gordianus-Decius. Thanks.

[edit] "Beyond question"

"Despite the various legends that have sprung up about Lawrence, his existence as a historical figure is beyond question , as well as the site and year of his death." Beyond question to Roman Catholics only. The rest of us remain entitled to look into this with an open mind. New text: "Henry Wace stated, "Few martyrdoms of the first three centuries are better attested than this one." Not everyone will see why this is more acceptable, I suppose. --Wetman 09:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing paragraph

The Acta of Lawrence, were lost by the time of Augustine, one of whose sermons on Saint Lawrence (Sermo 302, de Sancto Laurent.) admits that his narration was gained from tradition instead of reciting the Acts as his preferred custom was (St Ambrose, de Officina i. 41).

I think this should be changed to:

The Acta of Lawrence were lost by the time of Augustine, one of whose sermons on Saint Lawrence (Sermo 302, de Sancto Laurent.) admits that his narration was gained from tradition, rather than reciting the Acts as was his preferred custom (St Ambrose, de Officina i. 41).

However, I still don't think it makes a lot of sense... his narration was gained from tradition, rather than reciting the Acts ... does not make sense to me. Someone else want to tackle this? Carl.bunderson 19:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)