(ABOUT A.D. 576.)
[The learned Bollandus, S.J., pithily remarks: "Magnas Umbria circa
veterum suorum Sanctorum res gestas ortum ætatem, contraxit umbras,
si non tenebras." Little is known of this Saint.]
S. Laurence the Illuminator, is said to have come from Syria with many
other illustrious bishops and confessors, to Italy, in the reign of
Diocletian. He was elected by the clergy bishop of Spoleto; and
illumined his diocese with his teaching and miracles.