Third-fourth century Christian martyr and a canonized saint
For other uses, see Saint Lucy (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Saint Lucia.
Saint
Lucy
Saint Lucy, by Niccolò di Segna mid 14th-century Sienese painting, c. 1340. The saint holds the dagger or sword with which she was ultimately executed and the lamp, her attribute.
Virgin and Martyr
Born
c. 283[1] Syracuse, Roman Empire
Died
304 Syracuse, Western Roman Empire
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Anglican Communion
Lutheranism
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Major shrine
San Geremia, Venice
Feast
13 December
16 September (duplicate feast in pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)[2]
Attributes
Cord; eyes; eyes on a dish; blindfold; 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
Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), 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. 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. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England.[3] She is one of the best known virgin martyrs, along with Agatha of Sicily, Agnes of Rome, Cecilia of Rome, and Catherine of Alexandria.
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^Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 139
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