Saint Lucy

✶January 1, 283

†January 1, 304

2 candles burning, 5 lit in all

About their life

Lucia of Syracuse, also called Santa Lucia and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. She is one of eight women explicitly commemorated by Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day, known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day, is observed by Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England. She is one of the best known virgin martyrs, along with Agatha of Sicily, Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria.

saint from Italy

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Biography from the article Saint Lucy on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.