Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Laurentius"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Laurentius
n : Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police
to give up the Church's treasure and when he responded by
offering the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death
on a gridiron (died in 258) [syn: {Lawrence}, {Saint
Lawrence}, {St Lawrence}, {Laurentius}]
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