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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]
In 1924 it was extended on the opposite (west) side of the bell tower. A door was also placed in the west side overlooking the cemetery. The church has three altars; the main one, Santa Lucia, and St Anthony. The holiday of St Lucia is on December 13 and it was a big day for merchants and people who joined in the celebration of this saint. [2]
She is venerated as a saint in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. She is one of eight women (including the Virgin Mary) 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.
The Church of St. Lucy. The Church of St. Lucy (Croatian: Crkva svete Lucije) in Jurandvor near Baška, Krk, Croatia is a Romanesque Catholic church from the year 1100 with two major medieval Croatian artifacts: the Baška Tablet, [1] and a checkerboard-pattern carving on the bell tower that is suspected to be one of the first instances of the Croatian coat of arms.
Lutzelfrau (German: [ˈlʊtsl̩ˌfʁaʊ]) is a witch in German folklore who gives gifts — particularly apples, nuts and dried plums — to children on Saint Lucy's Day (December 13). [1] Lutzelfrau customs are also common in Slovenia and Croatia, where a "dark Luz" was contrasted to the Christian saint. [1]
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However, Eutychia, not knowing of Lucy's promise, and suffering from a bleeding disorder, feared for Lucy's future. She arranged Lucy's marriage to a young man of a wealthy pagan family. Eutychia and Lucy at the Tomb of Saint Agatha, by Jacobello del Fiore. Saint Agatha had been martyred 52 years before, during the Decian persecution. Her ...
1 Croatia. 2 Malta. 3 Sri Lanka. 4 United States. 5 See also. Toggle the table of contents. St. Lucy's Church. ... St. Lucy's Church or Church of St. Lucy may refer ...