St. Lawrence was one among the seven deacons who served the Roman church . When St. Lawrence was asked for the treasures of the Church he brought forward the poor, among whom he had divided the treasure, in place of alms; also that when Pope Sixtus II was led away to his death he comforted Lawrence, who wished to share his martyrdom, by saying that he would follow him in three days. St. Lawrence was burned to death on a gridiron.