Patron Saint of Librarians

Librarians...defenders of intellectual freedom & privacy since A.D. 258!
I recently discovered that libraries and librarians have a patron saint. Here's a little history lesson for ya. "Lawrence the Librarian was a church archives official in Rome. In the year A.D. 258, as part of Roman persecution of Christians, imperial guards searching for membership lists demanded the surrender of the church's archives. Lawrence previously had hidden the archives and refused to divulge their location. The guards tied him to a grid iron over a charcoal fire, but Lawrence still refused to relinquish the archives, telling his tormentors, 'I am roasted enough on this side, turn me over and eat.' In subsequent years, a cult grew up around Lawrence. Numerous churches were dedicated to him and he was the subject of artwork by Rubens, Titian, Ribera, and Fra Angelico. Even today, pilgrims still visit the basilica over the tomb of this librarian who died to defend the archives in his custody." [Hunter, Gregory S. Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2003.]