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Saint
Lucy
Saint Lucy by Niccolò di Segna, c. 1340.
The saint holds the dagger or sword with which she was ultimately executed, as well as the lamp, her attribute.
Virgin and Martyr
Born
c. 283
Syracuse, Sicilia, Roman Empire
Died
304 (aged 20–21)
Syracuse, Sicilia, Eastern Roman Empire
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglicanism
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Lutheranism
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Major shrine
Sanctuary of Santa Lucia al Sepolcro and Cathedral of Syracuse Syracuse, San Geremia, Venice
Feast
13 December
16 September (duplicate feast in pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)
Attributes
Cord; eyes; eyes on a dish; blindfold; palm branch, lamp; swords; woman hitched to a yoke of oxen; woman in the company of Saint Agatha, Saint Rosalia, Saint Agnes of Rome, Saint Barbara, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Thecla; woman kneeling before the tomb of Saint Agatha
Patronage
The blind; martyrs; Perugia, Italy; Mtarfa, Malta; epidemics; salesmen; Syracuse, Italy; throat infections; writers; Sasmuan, Pampanga, Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
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