St Lawrence with Pope Innocent II
"The Roman Church commends this day to us as the blessed Lawrence’s day of triumph, on which he trod down the world as it roared and raged against him; spurned it as it coaxed and wheedled him; and in each case, conquered the devil as he persecuted him. For in that Church, you see, as you have regularly been told, he performed the office of deacon; it was there that he administered the sacred chalice of Christ’s blood; there that he shed his own blood for the name of Christ."
– St Augustine.
My sermon for today can be read here.
Pope Innocent II (1130-1143) rebuilt the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere (thus he is shown holding the church), and he is depicted in the apse mosaic alongside the martyred deacon of Rome, St Lawrence. The mosaics date to the lifetime of Innocent II, but St Lawrence died in 258.
St Lawrence with Pope Innocent II
"The Roman Church commends this day to us as the blessed Lawrence’s day of triumph, on which he trod down the world as it roared and raged against him; spurned it as it coaxed and wheedled him; and in each case, conquered the devil as he persecuted him. For in that Church, you see, as you have regularly been told, he performed the office of deacon; it was there that he administered the sacred chalice of Christ’s blood; there that he shed his own blood for the name of Christ."
– St Augustine.
My sermon for today can be read here.
Pope Innocent II (1130-1143) rebuilt the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere (thus he is shown holding the church), and he is depicted in the apse mosaic alongside the martyred deacon of Rome, St Lawrence. The mosaics date to the lifetime of Innocent II, but St Lawrence died in 258.