Pilgrimage Sunday: San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
- Rick Bessey
- Jul 6
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 28
The pilgrimage church of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura is dedicated to the third of Rome's great martyrs, after Peter and Paul, and, as the name suggests, fuori le mura, it sits outside of the former city walls.
St. Lawrence (Lorenzo, in Italian), was a deacon of the church who was killed on August 10, 258 in the Roman persecutions under the Emperor Valerian. He was roasted to death and is often shown carrying the grill on which he was killed. (He is famously said to have remarked, "Can you turn me over - I'm done on this side.")
The basilica was heavily damaged in WWII, and historical pictures show the massive rebuilding that has taken place.
The Pilgrimage Churches of Rome:
Four Major Basilicas:
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Paul Outside the Walls
Santa Maria Maggiore
Additional Pilgrimage Churches:
St. Lawrence Outside the Walls
Are you interested in seeing this?
Yes!
If there is time.
It doesn't really call to me.
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