The star shower named after a saint

Picture of Maria José Atienza

August 12, 2024

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The "Tears of St. Lawrence". This is the name given to the traditional shower of stars in the northern hemisphere during the month of August.  

Its "holy name" comes from the cry of one of the first martyrs of the Church, martyred on a grill in the month of August.


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