Lawrence

Lawrence was the first of the seven deacons, who served the Roman Church. Lawrence helped the Pope to serve mass and to give out Holy communion, He also looked after the practical side of the running of the church, maintaining church property and giving alms which had been collected from other Christians to the poor.

When Pope Sixtus was led out to die, Lawrence cried because he could not die with him, the Pope said "do not cry, my son; in three days you will follow me." Lawrence was arrested when the governor of the city ordered him to turn over the treasures of the Church, he gathered the poor and the sick, and showed them to the governor saying "these are the real treasures of the church."

There is a legend that, Lawrence was put to death by being placed on a gridiron to be roasted over a slow fire, after a while he said "You may turn my body over; it is roasted enough on that side."Lawrence died in the year 258.