Saint Lawrence suffered pain for a long time on a gridiron with hot coals under it before announcing that he was done on this side.
After the martyr had suffered pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he cheerfully declared: "I'm well done on this side. The prefect was so angry that he had a great gridiron prepared with hot coals beneath it, and had Lawrence placed on it, hence Lawrence's association with the gridiron. 
