10. His death
9. Torture is ordered
8. A soldier Laurence has baptised is decapitated
7. .. and tied to a column; and beaten before the emperor
6. ... and stretched on a frame
5. He refuses to worship idols; he is stripped of his clothes ....
4. Decius demands the Church's treasures; Laurence presents the poor
3. He washes the feet of the poor; he heals a blind man (C19)
2. Laurence distributes them to the poor; he heals a widow (C19)
1. Laurence ordained; the pope confides the Church's treasures (C19)
Bourges Cathedral
w.8
c. 1210-15
St Lawrence window
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