Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence ( la, Laurentius, lit. "Laurel wreath, laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the Persecution of Christians, perse ...
, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to:
Places
Argentina
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San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
San Lorenzo () is a city in the south of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located 23 km north of Rosario, on the western shore of the Paraná River, and forming one end of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area. It is the head town of the ...
Lovrečica
Lovrečica or San Lorenzo is a village in Croatia. It is part of Umag
Umag (; it, Umago) is a coastal town in Istria, Croatia.
Geography
It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and it includes Bašanija, the westernmost point of Croatia.
Popu ...
, also called San Lorenzo, a village in Umag
Costa Rica
* San Lorenzo, a district in
Heredia Province
Heredia () is a province of Costa Rica. It is in the north-central part of the country. As a result, the province covers areas as diverse as the agriculture-rich Northern plains to the more metropolitan areas such as the city of Heredia in the ...
San Lorenzo, Ecuador San Lorenzo is a town on the north coast of Ecuador, about 18 km south of the Colombian border. It was joined by a narrow gauge rail to the city of Ibarra in the Highlands and for many years it was an important port for the export of balsa w ...
San Lorenzo, Ahuachapán
San Lorenzo is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador.
San Lorenzo is a town of 9,194 citizens, located 7 km north of Atiquizaya city. San Lorenzo is on the border with Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the ...
San Lorenzo, San Marcos
San Lorenzo () is a municipality in the San Marcos department of Guatemala. It was founded in 1812 year by Spanish families.
This is the birthplace of Justo Rufino Barrios-who served as President of Guatemala from 1873 until his death in 1885 an ...
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San Lorenzo, Suchitepéquez San Lorenzo () is a municipality in the Suchitepéquez department of Guatemala. It is situated at 220 m above sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies ...
Honduras
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San Lorenzo, Valle
San Lorenzo () is a city, with a population of 33,810 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle.
The city was established by Spaniards as a village in 1522 but not granted city status until 1909. It is the p ...
Italy
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San Lorenzo, Arcidosso
San Lorenzo is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Arcidosso, province of Grosseto, in the area of Mount Amiata. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 211.San Lorenzo (Naples)
San Lorenzo is a district of Naples, Italy. It incorporates the precise geographical center of the ancient Greco-Roman city, centered on the intersection of Via San Gregorio Armeno and Via dei Tribunali.
It also includes the area at the extreme e ...
, a neighborhood in central Naples
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San Lorenzo, Calabria
San Lorenzo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. This town has been attracting tourists with their represen ...
, a municipality in the province of Reggio Calabria
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San Lorenzo alle Corti
San Lorenzo alle Corti is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cascina
Cascina () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence ...
, a village in the province of Pisa
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San Lorenzo al Mare
San Lorenzo al Mare ( lij, San Loénso) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about west of Imperia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,409 and ...
, a municipality in the province of Imperia
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San Lorenzo a Pagnatico
San Lorenzo a Pagnatico is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cascina
Cascina () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florenc ...
, a village in the province of Pisa
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San Lorenzo del Vallo
San Lorenzo del Vallo ( aae, Sullarënxa) is an Arbëreshë town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a cou ...
, a municipality in the province of Cosenza
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San Lorenzo in Banale
San Lorenzo in Banale (german: Sankt Lorenz) was a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about west of Trento. It was merged with Dorsino on January 1, 2015, to form a new munic ...
, a municipality in Trentino
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San Lorenzo in Campo
San Lorenzo in Campo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro.
The main attraction is the Gothic church of San Lorenzo, once part of a ...
, a municipality in the province of Pesaro and Urbino
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San Lorenzo (Bognanco)
Bognanco (Western Lombard: ''Bügnanch''), population about 250, is a commune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located in an Alpine valley about northeast of Turin immediately to the west of Domodossola and ...
, in the province of Verbano Cusio Ossola
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Colonne di San Lorenzo
The Colonne di San Lorenzo or Columns of San Lorenzo is a group of ancient Roman ruins, located in front of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in central Milan, region of Lombardy, northern Italy.
History
The colonnade, consisting mainly of 16 tall Co ...
, Roman ruins in Milan
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Quartiere San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is an urban zone in Rome, Italy. Administratively it was part of both Municipio II and Quarter VI Tiburtino.
It occupies roughly the two sides of the early stretch of Via Tiburtina, starting from Termini railway station and ending at ...
, part of the Third Municipality of Rome
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San Lorenzo Bellizzi
San Lorenzo Bellizzi is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Situated in the Pollino National Park, the village is bordered by Castrovillari, Cerchiara di Calabria, Civita and Terranov ...
, a municipality in Cosenza
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San Lorenzo Isontino
San Lorenzo Isontino ( fur, San Lurinz, sl, Šlovrenc ob Soči) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about west of Gorizia.
San Lorenzo Isontino borders the follow ...
, a municipality in Gorizia
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San Lorenzo Maggiore
San Lorenzo Maggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is a member of the Titerno Local Action Group.
Geography
San Lorenzo Maggiore covers 16.17 square kilometers of hilly land ...
, a municipality and town in Benevento
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San Lorenzo Nuovo
San Lorenzo Nuovo is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, in the Latium region of Italy. It is an agricultural center producing potatoes, olive oil, garlic, onions, cereals and grapes. A second source of revenue is tourism.
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, a municipality in Viterbo
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St. Lorenzen
St. Lorenzen (; it, San Lorenzo di Sebato ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of Bolzano. As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 3,752 and an area of .All demographics and other sta ...
, a municipality in South Tyrol, in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Mexico
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San Lorenzo River (Mexico)
The San Lorenzo River (Mexico) is a river of Mexico.
See also
*List of rivers of Mexico
*List of longest rivers of Mexico
Among the longest rivers of Mexico are 26 streams of at least . In the case of rivers such as the Colorado River, Colorad ...
San Lorenzo, Oaxaca
San Lorenzo is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 89.3 km².
It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region
The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies on the Pacif ...
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San Lorenzo Albarradas
San Lorenzo Albarradas is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 61.24 km².
It is part of the Tlacolula District in the east of the Valles Centrales Region.
As of 2005, the municipalit ...
San Lorenzo Texmelucan
San Lorenzo Texmelucan is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 303.65 km2.
It is part of the Sola de Vega District
Sola de Vega District is located in the Sierra Sur Region of the ...
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán
San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán or San Lorenzo is the collective name for three related archaeological sites—San Lorenzo, Tenochtitlán and Potrero Nuevo—located in the southeast portion of the Mexican state of Veracruz. Along with La Venta and Tre ...
, an ancient center of the Olmec culture, in Veracruz
Fort San Lorenzo
Chagres (), once the chief Atlantic port on the isthmus of Panama, is now an abandoned village at the historical site of Fort San Lorenzo ( es, Fuerte de San Lorenzo). The fort's ruins and the village site are located about west of Colón, Pana ...
San Lorenzo, Paraguay
San Lorenzo () is a city in the Central Department in Paraguay. It is a suburb of Asunción, and the List of largest cities and towns in Paraguay by population, third most populous city in Paraguay, with a population of 252,561. The Universidad Na ...
, a satellite city to the east of Asunción
Peru
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San Lorenzo Island, Peru
San Lorenzo Island is the largest island of Peru. The island is in the Pacific Ocean near the port of Callao and measures .INEI, Compendio Estadistica 2007, page 24–25.
Sovereignty rights
San Lorenzo Island was incorporated in 1899 as territ ...
San Lorenzo District, Jauja
San Lorenzo District is one of thirty-four Districts of Peru, districts of the Jauja Province, located in the Department of Junín in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital''. Retrieved April 11, 2 ...
Philippines
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San Lorenzo, Guimaras
San Lorenzo, officially the Municipality of San Lorenzo ( hil, Banwa sang San Lorenzo; tl, Bayan ng San Lorenzo), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Guimaras, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,444 p ...
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
San Lorenzo, Morovis, Puerto Rico
San Lorenzo is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. San Lorenzo has six sectors and its population in 2010 was 1,209.
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Tre ...
, a ''barrio''
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San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo
San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center ( seat) of San Lorenzo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,045.
As was customary in Spain, the municipality has a barrio called ''pueblo'' which conta ...
, ''barrio'' and administrative center of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Spain
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount ...
Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain.
The name is of Basque origin.San Lorenzo (Madrid Metro), a station on Line 4
United States
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San Lorenzo, California
San Lorenzo (Spanish for "St. Lawrence") is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area in Alameda County, California, United States. The population was 29,581 at the 2020 census. It is an unincorporate ...
, a town in Alameda County
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San Lorenzo River
The San Lorenzo River is a long river whose headwaters originate in Castle Rock State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains and flow south by southeast through the San Lorenzo Valley before passing through Santa Cruz and emptying into Monterey Ba ...
, in California
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San Lorenzo Valley
The San Lorenzo Valley is in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, California and was once a logging industry center of California especially during the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Now it is home to over 35,000 ...
* San Lorenzo (Vonnegut), a Caribbean island nation in ''Cat's Cradle'' by Kurt Vonnegut
* San Lorenzo, a Central American country in '' Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie''
* San Lorenzo, a Mediterranean country in ''
Leverage
Leverage or leveraged may refer to:
*Leverage (mechanics), mechanical advantage achieved by using a lever
* ''Leverage'' (album), a 2012 album by Lyriel
*Leverage (dance), a type of dance connection
*Leverage (finance), using given resources to ...
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* San Lorenzo, a town in ''
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
''The Adventures of Puss in Boots'' is an American computer-animated streaming television series. It stars the character Puss in Boots from DreamWorks Animation's ''Shrek'' franchise and its 2011 spin-off film, voiced by Eric Bauza. The series ...
San Lorenzo Church, Brescia San Lorenzo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on via Moretto, just north of Camera di Commercio di Brescia, and near Piazza Bruno Boni, in Brescia, region of Lombardy, Italy.
History
A parish church was located at the site since the ...
, a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Lombardy
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San Lorenzo, Budrio
Santa Lorenzo is the main Roman Catholic parish church located in the Piazza Filopanti on Via Leonida Bissolati #66, in the center of town, across the piazza from the Palazzo Comunale of Budrio, province of Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy ...
, a Roman Catholic parish church in Bologna, Emilia Romagna
* San Lorenzo, Carmignano, a romanesque-style, Roman Catholic rural parish church in Prato, Tuscany
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San Lorenzo, Civitella del Tronto San Lorenzo is a Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), class ...
, a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic parish church in Teramo, Abruzzo
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San Lorenzo, Florence
The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St. Lawrence) is one of the largest churches of Florence, Italy, situated at the centre of the main market district of the city, and it is the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici famil ...
, one of the largest churches of Florence
* San Lorenzo, Ghisalba, a neoclassical-style, Roman Catholic parish church in Bergamo, Lombardy
* San Lorenzo, Lodi, a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located in Lodi, region of Lombardy
* San Lorenzo, Melfi, a Baroque-style Roman Catholic church building in Potenza, Basilicata
* San Lorenzo, Mortara, a Gothic architecture, Roman Catholic Basilica church in Pavia, Lombardy
* San Lorenzo, Nirano, a Roman Catholic parish church in Fiorano Modenese, Emilia-Romagna
* San Lorenzo, Pazzaglio ed Uniti, a Roman Catholic parish church in Cremona, Lombardy
* San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo in Campo, a Roman Catholic basilica church in Pesaro e Urbino, Marche
* San Lorenzo, Sansepolcro, a Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church in Arezzo, Tuscany
* San Lorenzo, Turin, a Baroque-style church in Turin
* San Lorenzo, Venice, a church building in the sestiere of Castello of Venice
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San Lorenzo in Panisperna
The church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna is a Roman Catholic church on Via Panisperna, Rome, central Italy. It was previously known as "San Lorenzo in Formoso". It was erected on the site of its dedicatee's martyrdom. It is one of several church ...
, a basilica in Rome
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San Lorenzo in Lucina
The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina ( it, Basilica Minore di San Lorenzo in Lucina or simply it, San Lorenzo in Lucina; la, S. Laurentii in Lucina) is a Roman Catholic parish, titular church, and minor basilica in central Rome, Italy. ...
San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
The Basilica Papale di San Lorenzo fuori le mura (Papal Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls) is a Roman Catholic Minor papal basilica and parish church, located in Rome, Italy. The Basilica is one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome ...
, a basilica in Rome
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Genoa Cathedral
Genoa Cathedral or Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Lawrence ( it, Duomo di Genova, ''Cattedrale di San Lorenzo'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Italian city of Genoa. It is dedicated to Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo), and is the seat of th ...
or Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, a cathedral in Genoa
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Perugia Cathedral
Perugia Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale Metropolitana di San Lorenzo; Duomo di Perugia) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Perugia, Umbria, central Italy, dedicated to Saint Lawrence. Formerly the seat of the bishops and archbishops of Perugia, it has b ...
or Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, a cathedral in Perugia
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Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan
The Basilica of San Lorenzo Maggiore is a church in Milan, northern Italy. Located within the city's ring of canals, it was originally built in Roman times and subsequently rebuilt several times over a number of centuries. It is close to the media ...
or Chiesa di San Lorenzo Maggiore, a church in Milan
Spain
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San Lorenzo, Córdoba
San Lorenzo is a church in Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain. Situated in the historic centre, it was one of the twelve religious buildings commissioned by king Ferdinand III of Castile in the city after its conquest in the early 13th century.
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San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...
, an Argentine football club based in Buenos Aires
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Club Sportivo San Lorenzo
Club Sportivo San Lorenzo, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of San Lorenzo, affiliated to the Paraguayan Football Association. The club was founded April 17, 1930 and plays in the Paraguayan División Intermedia after suffering rel ...
, a Paraguayan football club
* San Lorenzo F.C., a Honduran football club
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San Lorenzo (restaurant)
''San Lorenzo'' (formally ''La Bottega Del San Lorenzo'') is an upmarket restaurant located at 22 Beauchamp Place in Knightsbridge, London. It was one of the favourite London restaurants of Diana, Princess of Wales and often visited by other ce ...
, an Italian restaurant in London
* San Lorenzo (Vonnegut), a fictional country in the novel ''Cat's Cradle'' by Kurt Vonnegut
* Sanlorenzo, an Italian yacht builder
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Battle of San Lorenzo
The Battle of San Lorenzo was fought on 3 February 1813 in San Lorenzo, Argentina, then part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. The royalist troops, were composed of militiamen recruited in Montevideo under the command of mil ...
, fought in 1813 between the United Provinces and the Royalists, in current Argentine territory
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Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...
, fought in 1784 between Spanish-Portuguese and French armies
* Operación San Lorenzo, a rescue of trapped Chilean miners in 2010
* " San Lorenzo march", a 1902 Argentine military march, celebrating the Battle of San Lorenzo
* "San Lorenzo", a song by Pat Metheny Group from ''
Pat Metheny Group
The Pat Metheny Group was an American jazz band founded in 1977. The core members of the group were guitarist, composer and bandleader Pat Metheny; and keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays, who was in the group at its inception. Other long-standing ...
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* San Lorenzo Troop, a mounted squadron of the ceremonial
Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers
The Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers ( es, Regimiento de Granaderos a Caballo) is the name of two Argentine Army regiments of two different time periods: a historic regiment that operated from 1812 to 1826, and a modern cavalry unit that was organiz ...
of the Argentine Army
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Lorenzo (disambiguation)
Lorenzo may refer to:
People
* Lorenzo (name)
Places Peru
* San Lorenzo Island (Peru), sometimes referred to as the island of Lorenzo
United States
* Lorenzo, Illinois
* Lorenzo, Texas
* San Lorenzo, California, formerly Lorenzo
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Saint Lawrence (disambiguation) Saint Lawrence (225–258) was a Christian martyr.
Saint Lawrence or Saint Laurence may also refer to:
Saints
* Laurence of Siponto (died c. 545), bishop of Siponto in Italy
* Laurence of Canterbury (died 619), second Archbishop of Canterbur ...