Laurentius


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Noun1.Laurentius - Roman martyrLaurentius - 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)
Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
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It also happens to be the same place where Lorenzo Ruiz, Laurentius Ruiz Manilensis in the Catholic calendar, was executed in 1637.
Among their topics are the making of Greenland: early European place names in Kalaallit Nunaat, linguistic missionary heritage: Capuchin missionary Father Laurentius and his unpublished German-Chuukese dictionary, third-hand colonial linguistics: Adolphe Dietrich's comparative study of Indian Ocean creoles, constructing transcontinental railways as a means of colonization: a corpus-based analysis of the German colonial discourse in postcolonial perspective, and Anglo-Norman: language contact and obsolescence.
Genevieve, Mo., Paula Cox of Perryville, Mo., Mark Sterling of Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Connie (Criag) Cambron of Perryville, Mo.; five grandchildren, Jason Gonzales, Angela Britton, Christina Tice, Joshua Schmidt and Jacob Schmidt; four step grandchildren, Heather Laurentius, Justin Edwards, Stephanie Burr and Stacey Edwards-Koogler; 11 great grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Linnaeus, C., 1753: Species Plantarum [The Species of Plants], Laurentius Salvius, 2 vol pp.
85), an imprint of De claris mulieribus printed in Ferrara by Laurentius de Rubeis de Valentia in 1497 and decorated with 172 historiated, hand-coloured woodcuts, the design of which is attributed to the Master of the Pico Pliny.
LAWRENCE (Latin laurentius, literally "laurelled") is the name of the archdeacon of the church of Rome who was martyred in Rome in the year 258 during the persecution of Christians ordered by the Emperor Valerian.
y cuya primea edicion conocida hasta la fecha es la de Florencia por Laurentius (Francisci) de Alopa, entre 1484 y 1485 (104).
Mas incisivos fueron Huguccio y Laurentius --Tancredo de un modo mas mitigado--al rechazar las dispensas otorgadas por los Papas.
Laurentius Marais & Katherine Schipper, Event Study Methods: Detecting and Measuring the Security Price Effects of Disclosures and Interventions (New), in Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert 17A.1, 17A.9 (Roman L.