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The name LENS comes from LAURENS and is originally derived from LAURENCE, and may have Medieval Dutch, Roman, or English origins and have its roots in Christianity or The Mysticism Tradition.
From the Roman cognomen Laurentius, which meant "from Laurentum". Laurentum was a city in ancient Italy, its name probably deriving from Latin laurus "laurel". Saint Laurence was a 3rd-century deacon and martyr from Rome. According to tradition he was roasted alive on a gridiron because, when ordered to hand over the church's treasures, he presented the sick and poor. Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in the Christian world (in various spellings).
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