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St. Lucy is the patron saint of the city of Syracuse . On 13 December a silver statue of St. Lucy containing her relics is paraded through the streets before returning to the Cathedral of Syracuse. [25] Sicilians recall a legend that holds that a famine ended on her feast day when ships loaded with grain entered the harbor.
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]
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.
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
The choice of subject was driven by the fact that Saint Lucy was the patron saint of Syracuse and had been interred below the church. [2] The subject was unusual, but especially important to the local authorities, who were eager to reinforce the local cult of Saint Lucy, which had sustained a setback with the theft of her remains during the ...
Athletes - Sebastian, Christopher, St Hyacinth; Attorneys - Genesius; Authors - Francis de Sales, [5] John the Evangelist, Lucy; Aviators - Joseph of Cupertino, Our Lady of Loreto, Thérèse of Lisieux (The Little Flower)
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