Category:Saint Lucy

Saint Lucy - Santa Lucia - Virgin and Martyr Born: (traditionally) ca 283 AD in Syracuse, Italy Died: (traditionally) 304 AD in Syracuse, Italy Honored in: Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Anglican Communion Lutheran Church Canonized: Pre-Congregation Major shrine: San Geremia, Venice Feast: December 13 September 16 - (duplicate feast in pre-1970 General Roman Calendar) Attributes: cord; eyes; eyes on a dish; lamp; swords; woman hitched to a yoke of oxen; woman in the company of Saint Agatha, Saint Agnes of Rome, Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Thecla; woman kneeling before the tomb of Saint Agatha Patronage: blind; martyrs; Perugia, Italy; Mtarfa, Malta; epidemics; salesmen, Syracuse, Italy, throat infections, writers

Virgin and martyr, Memorial on December 13. Lucy was born into a wealthy family about the year 283. After her father died, she persuaded her mother Eutychia to give a large portion of the family's wealth to the poor in thanksgiving for Eutychia's healing at the tomb of St. Agatha. Lucy's suitor was enraged that the wealth that might have been his was lost, and reported her to the governor of Sicily (another source says he reported her to a judge in Sicily). After several failed attempts to execute her, she was martyred by the sword.