Lawrence Is Not in the Bible — It Means “From Laurentum”

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  • Lawrence is not in the Bible and has no Hebrew form. It comes from the Roman name Laurentius, “from Laurentum,” a city whose name probably came from laurus, laurel.
  • Laurence is the older English spelling. Other forms include Lorenzo, Laurent, Lourenço, Lorenz and Lars; Lorenza is the Italian and Spanish feminine.
  • The office Lawrence held is in the Bible: tradition traces deacons to the seven chosen in Acts 6 to oversee the daily distribution of food to widows.
  • Saint Lawrence, a deacon of Rome, was killed on 10 August 258 in the persecution under Valerian, four days after Pope Sixtus II.
  • Ordered to hand over the treasures of the Church, he presented the poor. The gridiron story is doubted; he may have been beheaded.
  • His answer matches Matthew 25:40: “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Lawrence is not in the Bible. It comes from the Roman name Laurentius, “from Laurentum,” a city in ancient Italy whose name probably came from laurus, the Latin word for laurel. It became a Christian name through Saint Lawrence, a deacon of the church in Rome who was martyred in 258. What does Lawrence mean? Laurentius was a Roman cognomen, or family name, meaning “from Laurentum.” The laurel is in the background because the city was probably named for it,…

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Sources: Behind the Name entries for Laurence, Lawrence and Lorenza; Catholic Encyclopedia (1910), “St. Lawrence”; Scripture from the NIV via BibleGateway (Acts 6:1-6; Matthew 25:31-46).

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