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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7513866, member: 89314&quot;]No St. Bridget, I am afraid, but here is another one of St.Lawrence with his grill</p><p><br /></p><p>Germany&nbsp; City of WISMAR&nbsp; Emperor Leopold I&nbsp; Taler of 32 Schilling 1673</p><p><br /></p><p>Pope Sixtus II ordained Lawrence in 257 and appointed him first or archdeacon of Rome, a position that included the care of the Church treasury and the distribution of alms to the poor. On the death of Sixtus, the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence hand over the Church treasure. He swiftly distributed as much as possible to the poor and then presented a delegation of the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the suffering as the true treasures of the Church.The angry prefect had Lawrence grilled on a&nbsp; great gridiron with hot coals beneath. After the martyr had suffered for a long time, he is supposed to have cheerfully declared: &quot;I&#039;m well done on this side. Turn me over!&quot;. From this St. Lawrence derives his patronage of cooks, chefs, and comedians.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1298128[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1298129[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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