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Laurence was born into the illustrious Venetian family of the Justinians (Giustiniani), and while still a child, he was remarkable for the seriousness of his character. His piety produced admiration and respect.
At age 19 he had a vision of Eternal Wisdom inviting him to unite himself with it. He entered the religious life in the Augustinian Order of the Canons of St. George on Alga Island, one mile from Venice. He was noted for his great austerities and humiliations. He used to go beg alms for the community, and often received sarcastic barbs instead of goods, for which he thanked God.
Soon after his ordination he was elected General of his Order. He reformed it so profoundly that he is considered its second founder. In 1433 he was named Bishop of Venice. He tried to refuse the dignity, but Pope Eugene IV obliged him to accept it. He brought peace to numerous state quarrels, founded 15 new monasteries and added many new parishes in which he took a special care of the accuracy and beauty of the divine worship.
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๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.