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Laurentius

lau·ren·tius

uncommon rare

noun

1.

Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the Church''s treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

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Borrowed from Latin Laurentius.

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