Lawrence of Rome
c. 225 AD — 258 AD · Feast day: August 10
Lawrence served as Archdeacon of Rome under Pope Sixtus II, overseeing the Church's treasury and care of the poor. When the Roman prefect demanded he surrender the Church's wealth, he assembled the sick, the crippled, and the destitute and declared, 'These are the treasures of the Church.' Condemned to be roasted alive on a gridiron in 258 AD, he reportedly told his executioners, 'Turn me over — I am done on this side.'