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Talking of St Lawrence I would be grateful if people comment on the
following (and if you think it is rubbish, then so be it)


Here at Bradford on Avon we have the Saxon Church of St Laurence (sic).
After it was 'discovered' in the 19th century the local Vicar, William Henry
Jones, found a reference in William of Malmesbury's works to an 'ecclesiola'
built by St Aldhelm in the 7th century, and dedicated to St Laurence.  Jones
concluded that the Saxon church still standing was that building.

The current thinking is that the building is 10th century and was built as a
mausoleum for Edward King and Martyr.  Recent building works at the
neighbouring church of Holy Trinity have indicated that there is probably a
Saxon church underneath that church.

Two queries:
1)	Should the 10th century Saxon building properly be dedicated to
Edward King and Martyr, not St Laurence?

2) Which St Laurence was used for the 7th century church?  St Laurence the
deacon of Rome or St Laurence the second archbishop of Canterbury who
beatified about the time St Aldhelm built his ecclesiola?

Thank you


Anne





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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

The matter is certainly not cut and dried, but on balance, I have to say
that I opt for St Vincent.

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Thanks, Jim. Are you convinced?

On 8/10/2016 11:42 AM, James Bugslag wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and 
> culture
>
> Genevra,
> Gillian Mackie, I believe, has proposed that the martyr depicted in the
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is actually St Vincent, a Spanish saint whom
Galla Placidia may have encountered during her Visigothic marriage.  Like St
Lawrence, he was martyred by being roasted on a grill, but only after
refusing to give up to the authorities the holy books in his keeping.  The
latter stipulation would explain the cupboard containing the four gospels in
the mosaic, whereas there is nothing in the vita of St Lawrence that they
relate to.
> Cheers,
> Jim
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> Kornbluth [[log in to unmask]]
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> Subject: Re: [M-R] FEAST - A Saint for the Day (August 10): St. 
> Lawrence of Rome
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and 
> culture
>
> I can add a page of Lawrence images (Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, 
> Louvre reliquary, Perugia fresco, Arca di Sant' Agostino, Arezzo 
> fresco,
> Riemenschneider):
> www.kornbluthphoto.com/SaintLawrence.html
> I notice that John has not included the Mausoleum in his list. I 
> vaguely remember reading a proposal that the mosaic there represented 
> someone else before restoration. Comments?
> best,
> Genevra
>

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