Description
Commanded to appear for his execution, Saint Lawrence (St Lorenzo) was to bring along the treasure with which he had been entrusted by the Pope. When he arrived, he was accompanied by a multitude of Rome’s crippled, blind and sick announcing that these were the true treasures of the Church. His feast on August 10th is also famous for the meteor shower that follows the passage of the Swift-Tuttle comet, dubbed ‘the burning tears of Saint Lawrence’, which happens at the same time. He is known as Patron Saint of the Poor, Librarians and Cooks.
