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The spelling of the [[forename]] (formerly called '''Christian name''' [[Laurence - Lawrence|Laurence/Lawrence]] is disputed. It is a matter of personahe invention of the letter '-w-'. It must be said, however, that both Attwater (1965) and [[http://www.newadvent.org/utility/search.htm?safe=active&cx=000299817191393086628%3Aifmbhlr-8x0&q=Laurence&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A9| the Catholic Encyclopedia]] prefer '''Lawrence'''.
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The spelling of the [[forename]] (formerly called '''Christian name''' [[Laurence - Lawrence|Laurence/Lawrence]] is disputed. It is a matter of personal choice, or taste. The present writer of Awe prefers to write the name of the original Saint with '-u-, on the grounds that he predates the invention of the letter '-w-' (7th century). It must be said, however, that both Attwater (1965) and [[http://www.newadvent.org/utility/search.htm?safe=active&cx=000299817191393086628%3Aifmbhlr-8x0&q=Laurence&sa=Search&cof=FORID%3A9| the Catholic Encyclopedia]] prefer '''Lawrence'''.
  
 
Several '''Lawrence''' (or '''Laurence''')s have been [[canon]]ized.  
 
Several '''Lawrence''' (or '''Laurence''')s have been [[canon]]ized.  
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2nd Abp of Canterbury
 
2nd Abp of Canterbury
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A Benedictine, Lawrence accompanied St. Augustine to Canterbury in 597 and succeeded him as archbishop in 604
  
 
Laurence O'Toole, English form of his own nmame '''Lorcán Ua Tuathail''', (1128-1180), Archbishop of Dublin at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland.  
 
Laurence O'Toole, English form of his own nmame '''Lorcán Ua Tuathail''', (1128-1180), Archbishop of Dublin at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland.  
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St L of Brindisi (Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559–1619), born Giulio Cesare Russo, )- theologian, counter-Reformation missdionary, founder of monasteries
  
 
St Lawrence (river, seaway, bay)
 
St Lawrence (river, seaway, bay)

Revision as of 13:20, 10 May 2019

The spelling of the forename (formerly called Christian name Laurence/Lawrence is disputed. It is a matter of personal choice, or taste. The present writer of Awe prefers to write the name of the original Saint with '-u-, on the grounds that he predates the invention of the letter '-w-' (7th century). It must be said, however, that both Attwater (1965) and [the Catholic Encyclopedia] prefer Lawrence.

Several Lawrence (or Laurence)s have been canonized.

  • The first, after whom all the others appear to have been named, Saint Lawrence the martyr, was born in Spain in 225CE. He went to Rome in company with the future Pope Sixtus II, who made him first among the seven deacons of Rome. Sixtus was martyrewd on 6th August 258 under the Valerian peresecution, and Lawrence followed on the 10th. His legend states that he was roasted alive on a\ gridiron (which is till preserved as a relic in


2nd Abp of Canterbury A Benedictine, Lawrence accompanied St. Augustine to Canterbury in 597 and succeeded him as archbishop in 604

Laurence O'Toole, English form of his own nmame Lorcán Ua Tuathail, (1128-1180), Archbishop of Dublin at the time of the Norman invasion of Ireland.

St L of Brindisi (Saint Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559–1619), born Giulio Cesare Russo, )- theologian, counter-Reformation missdionary, founder of monasteries

St Lawrence (river, seaway, bay)

St Lawrence, parish church of Biddulph, Staffordshire