quinta-feira, julho 21, 2005

S.Lourenço -- 21 de Julho



Rogier van der Weyden. St. Lawrence, the reverse side of the Portrait of Laurent Froimont. c.1460-1475. Oil on panel. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. More.

St. Lawrence was born in Huesca, Aragon, and became deacon under Sixtus II. During the persecutions under Emperor Valerian he was executed a few days after the Pope. Lawrence is patron saint of the poor.
in Olga's Gallery

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