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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]
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 . [ 3 ]
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.
These fasts traditionally take place on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the weeks following St Lucy's Day (13 December), the first Sunday in Lent, Pentecost (Whitsun), and Holy Cross Day (14 September), though some areas follow a different pattern. Ordination ceremonies are often held on Ember Saturdays or the following Sunday.
Calendar of saints; Calendar of saints (Orthodox Tewahedo) ... Saint Lucy's Day; M. Feast of Saint Mark; ... Feast day of Saint Stephen, King and Confessor ...
1 All Saints' Day; 2 ... 13 Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304; ... Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)
Meaning after the death of Lucy. So, "at the time of Saint Lucy's death," the date of the birth of Christ was not yet decided. Further, "at the time of Saint Lucy's death," the ROMAN Julian calendar was used, not the later Christian one. This calendar was longer than the astronomical year, and hence astronomical events would not fall on the ...
The Tridentine calendar is the calendar of saints to be honoured in the ... the Feast of St. Matthias is celebrated on the 25th day and then ... Saint Lucy virgin and ...