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As all readers probably know, Laurence or Lawrence sprang in medieval use from the name of the Roman saint who was martyred by being broiled on a gridiron in 258.
But what about the other editors of the Daily Cal who couldn't say they'd been martyred at a campus once renowned for its leftism?
The simple little Church of St. Joseph contains the tombs of the martyred missionaries.
Ahead, steps under the altar lead to the alabaster tomb of Santa Eulàlia, one of the city’s two patron saints, martyred in the fourth century.
Grassmarket has a memorial to the Covenanters (Scottish Protestant clergymen) martyred by Catholic Stuart kings in the 17th century.