List of Christians in the Holy Land - documentacatholicaomnia.eu

Langénieux Ben., archbishop of Reims, cardinal. He visited Jerusalem from May 13, 1893 to May 31, 1893 as papal
legate and president of the 8th International Eucharistic Congress.
Lappan Daniel. He was born in Mechelen (Belgium) in 1863. Since 1895 he was Commissar for the Holy Land. He
died on the steamer 'Théophile Gautier' in the harbour of Beyrouth on April 4, 1939. He was buried on April 8, 1939, at
Jerusalem on the Mount Sion.
Lateur Frank. See: Streuvels Stijn.
Latinie: Latin quarter in Jerusalem, in which the first church of St. Mary Latin and a hospice 'for all who speak the
Latin tongue' were built under Emperor Charlemagne. Bernard of Mont St. Michel stayed in the Latin quarter in 870.
Latin Kingdom of Constantinople (1204-1261):
- Baldwin I, first emperor of Constantinople (1204-1205) (= Baldwin of Flanders, Baldwin IX)
- Baldwin II, born at Constantinople in 1217. He was emperor of Constantinople from 1240 till 1261. Then he was
obliged to flee from Constantinople which fell under the rule of the Greek Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologus. Baldwin
II died in 1273.
Latin Kings of Jerusalem. They lived in the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate, which is west of the Basilica of the Holy
Sepulchre.
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. It was reconstituted in 1847. The actual residence was inaugurated in 1868. The concathedral
was consecrated in 1872.
Latin Patriarchs during the Latin Kingdom (1099-1187) at Jerusalem. They lived in the buildings to the north of the
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, where is now the Mosque el Khanqeh.
Latin Quarter in Jerusalem. see: Latinie.
Lauentius. The Ethiopian name for Leontius, who was a martyr in the city of Terablos (Tripoli). A church in honour of
Lauentius was consecrated on the first day of the month Sane. (Eth. Synax.)
Laurent le Dominicain. He was sent by Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254). This Pope wrote in August 1247 to him a letter
about the peace between the Latin and the Greek Orthodox clergy of Syria.
Laurentius, who was on the Mount of Olives. Not identified. He is mentioned in the Palestinian-Georgian calendar on
Oct 18. Perhaps the expression 'in Sancto Laurentio' means the hospice on Mount of Olives, that was built by Pope
Gregory I (the Great, 590-614) at the instigation of the priest Probus. (John Deacon, Vita S. Gregorii, 11, 52; PIL 75,
col 110 A)
Laurentius. He was sent in 1259 () by Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254) to Cyprus and to the Holy Land. (AA.SS. March
19)
Lavigerie Charles Martial, Cardinal, archbishop of Algiers and of Carthage, founder oft he White Fathers (of Africa)
and of the White Sisters (of Africa). He was born in Bayonne (France) Oct 31, 1825; he died in Algiers, Nov 26, 1892.
In 1860, at the time of the massacres by the Druses in Syria, he made a trip to the East. The French government granted
the sanctuary of St. Anne in Jerusalem to the White Fathers in 1877. Rome confirmed this responsibility in February
1878. - A bust of Cardinal Lavigerie is in the courtyard, south of the Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem.
Lavinius, Blessed. He was of French origin. He was accepted into the Franciscan Order by the (Blessed) Adam at the
convent on Mount Sion. In 1345 Lavinius was in Cairo. On account of his preaching he was beheaded in 1345. The
Franciscan Martyrology has his memory on August 1.
Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935) This English archaeologist visited the Near East in 1909 to prepare his study
on Crusader architecture. He mapped the Negev and the Sinai Desert. In 1916 he was charged with exploiting Arab
national ambitions for British war aims against the Turks. Lawrence directed the military operations of the Arab rebels
who destroyed Turkish military installations, captured Aqaba (1917), and ultimately entered Damascus (1918). He
became the adviser of Emir Feisal, who represented Arab interests. - The American psychologist John Mack published
on Lawrence the book 'A prince of our disorder'. Mack suggests: Lawrence at the age of 21 years was declined by a