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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]
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Saint Lucia is one of two sovereign states in the world named after a female [16] and is the only one named after a woman (Ireland is named after a goddess). Legend states that French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on 13 December, the feast day of St. Lucy, and therefore named the island in her honour. [17]
Growing up in Sweden, Emma Bengsston was always cast as a gingersnap man, never the candle-crowned St. Lucia selected to head the train of children walking from house to house through her village ...
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.
Until recently, this was Saint Lucy's Day, now St Lucy's Day. Only the English say so. Americans would say St. Lucy's Day, Swedes Luciatåg . Most of those who celebrate it seem to agree on Lucia. --Gerda Arendt 07:38, 13 October 2014 (UTC) I said so before, as I see only now ;) --Gerda Arendt 07:39, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
Cuccìa is a primarily Sicilian dish containing boiled wheatberries and sugar, which is eaten on December 13, the feast day of Saint Lucy, the patron saint of Syracuse.The dish is consumed in Sicily and in isolated pockets of southern Italy, as well as their communities abroad.
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