Blessed Laurentinus Sossius

Also known as

• Lorenzo Sossio
• Lorenzino (Little Lawrence)

Memorial

• 15 April

Profile

Martyred five-year-old boy. Though anti-Semitic groups have claimed that Lorenzo was killed by Jews as part of some ill-defined Passover need, it’s a lie.

Born

• c.1480

Died

• Good Friday, 485 in Valrovina, Italy

Beatified

• 5 September 1867 by Pope Pius IX (decree of martyrdom)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Laurentinus Sossius“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 April 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>