lorens05

lorens05 t1_jabpurt wrote

Reply to comment by iTwango in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

Stranger still is we are supposed to take the supposed Jesus relics at face value. I mean, how can we really know if the rag has the actual blood of Jesus?

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lorens05 t1_jabop80 wrote

Reply to comment by iTwango in TIL the deacon Saint Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian. The poet Prudentius tells that he joked with his tormentors, "Turn me over—I'm done on this side". He is now the patron saint of cooks, chefs, and comedians. by ALasagnaForOne

I mean, Christianity's symbol is literally a torture device, so it's not much of a logical leap to venerate other torture devices that their saints died in.

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