Wow! I’ve heard of having a fiery faith but this is next level as the kids say:

When the Roman authorities captured and killed Pope Sixtus II and the other six deacons, St. Lawrence was left to administer what remained. He was taken prisoner and told to collect the “treasures of the Church.” Instead of gold and silver, he presented the poor people to whom he had distributed the chalices, patens, and other altar vessels.

Angered, it is said that the Roman prefect tortured Lawrence by chaining him to a gridiron and roasting him upon it. After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time, the tradition states he made his famous remark, “It is well done. Turn me over!”

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