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Martyr and Archdeacon Laurence of Rome and those with him

Also known as Laurence · Pope Sixtus · Felicissimus · Agapitus · Romanus

Archdeacon of Rome who distributed the Church's treasure to the poor and was martyred in 258 under Valerian, together with Pope Sixtus, the deacons Felicissimus and Agapitus, and the soldier Romanus.

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Pre-schism Western saints; named group kept as one row.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints