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St. Laurence of Rome
Born - c.225
Died - c.258 in Rome

Feastday - 10 August

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli
A close affinity with the statue of St Stephen (98) shows that both were by the same hand.

Statue created - c.1665-1667
It was one of the 24 placed on the colonnade between September 1662 and March 1667

Height - 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertine
Held next to him is the gridiron that was his instrument of torture.

- St. Peter's Basilica: The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano, Rome, Italy. Completed on 18 November 1626 - Photograph by Michael Ghaly for St-Takla.org, September 22, 2014.

- صور كاتدرائية القديس بطرس الرسول، الفاتيكان، روما، إيطاليا. انتهى العمل بها في 18 نوفمبر 1626 م. - تصوير مايكل غالي لموقع الأنبا تكلاهيمانوت، 22 سبتمبر 2014 م.