One of the most active meteor showers of the year are those seen in the direction of the constellation Perseus dawn 10, 11, 12 and 13 August to the northeast horizon after 3 in the morning, they are left by the Swift-Tuttle comet was discovered in 1862 particles.
This meteor shower has a particular name, “Tears of St. Lawrence”, named for its unique history and its maximum activity coincides with the feast day of the saint commemorated on August 10th. “San Lorenzo is crying” say Catholic believers in some regions of Spain and Latin America when the evenings of those days go on pilgrimage in his honor.
Lorenzo lived in the third century after Christ, the deacon was responsible for safeguard the treasures of the Church in Rome. In August 258 AD, the Roman Emperor Valerian beheaded Pope Sixtus II and his wealth angurria ordered the deacon Lawrence was presented with the treasure of the Church to be confiscated and if not, this would be burned alive .
On August 10 of that year he went before the king, followed by a crowd of poor, blind, lepers and orphans: “This surprised Lorenzo said, addressing the Emperor is the precious treasure of our Catholic Church that from today I’ll take care as did Pope whom you killed, and we protected treasure feed to your merciless wickedness. “Faced with so great audacity
furious Roman Emperor ordered that Lorenzo was executed and burned alive in the act.
night, while believers and protected by the Church cried the man, “shooting stars” began to appear in the sky of Rome, when it was not known why this phenomenon occurred. “Friar Laurence is crying,” she cried the crowd.
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