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- A likely apocryphal story describing the death of the martyr Saint Lawrence claims he was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution of Valerian.
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It's been suggested that the tradition of Saint Lawrence of Rome being killed in a giant grill originated in a transcription error that changed the word "martyred" to the morbidly specific "roasted".
Source: Gossip Evolution
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Roasted and Grill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grill/roasted
Grill & Roasted. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grill/roasted>.
Roasted or Grill. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grill/roasted.
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