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Marble statue of Saint Lawrence on the grounds behind the Basilica of Saint Lawrence in Asheville, North Carolina #331826105
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Pictured is a marble statue of Saint Lawrence on the grounds behind the Basilica of Saint Lawrence in Asheville, North Carolina. Lawrence is thought to have been born AD 225 and martyred AD 258 in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered. He had been ordained a deacon by Pope Sixtus in AD 257 and later appointed archdeacon of Rome.
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