St. Lawrence
Feast Day: August 10\sBorn (approximately) 225 - Died 258 This great martyr of Rome lived in the second century. He was one of seven deacons who were in charge of delivering relief to the impoverished and the needy. Then tremendous commotion erupted and the troublemakers who did not like Christians planned to murder Pope St.Sixtus II. As they brought the Pope away for death (to chop off his head), Lawrence followed...