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An inscription in Syracuse dedicated to Euskia mentioning St. Lucy's Day as a local feast dates back to the fourth century A.D., which states "Euskia, the irreproachable, lived a good and pure life for about 25 years, died on my Saint Lucy's feast day, she for whom I cannot find appropriate words of praise: she was a Christian, faithful, perfection itself, full of thankfulness and gratitude". [9]
It is said that to vividly celebrate St. Lucy's Day will help one live the long winter days with enough light. [ 29 ] A special devotion to St. Lucy is practiced in the Italian regions of Lombardy , Emilia-Romagna , Veneto , Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Trentino-Alto Adige , in the North of the country, and Sicily and Calabria , in the South, as ...
Lucia of Syracuse (c. 283 – 304 AD), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta 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 Catholic , Anglican , Lutheran , and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Christmas (Swedish: jul, IPA: ⓘ) is celebrated throughout December and traditionally until St. Knut's Day on January 13. The main celebration and the exchange of gifts in many families takes place on Christmas Eve, December 24. The Feast of St. Lucy, a high point in the Swedish Christmas season, is celebrated during Advent, on December 13.
Daniela Owusu (born c. 2004) is a Finnish woman who portrayed Saint Lucy in Finland's national Saint Lucy's Day celebrations in 2024. She was elected by the public and coronated in a ceremony at Helsinki Cathedral. Owusu, who is of Finnish and Ghanaian descent, was the country's first
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Saint Lucy. 13 Lucy, martyr, 304 (Commemoration) R; 14 John of the Cross, renewer of the church, 1591 (Commemoration) W – ELCA; 15; 16; 17 Daniel and the Three Young Men, prophets, (Commemoration) R – LCMS; 18; 19 Adam and Eve, patriarch and matriarch (Commemoration) W – LCMS
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
The Church of Saint Lucy in Selci (Italian: Santa Lucia in Selci, also known as Santa Lucia in Silice or Santa Lucia in Orfea (in Orphea, in Orthea)) is an ancient Roman Catholic church, located in Rome, dedicated to Saint Lucy, a 4th-century virgin and martyr.