Saint Lucy

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Saint Lucy is a Christian martyr and saint, particularly venerated in Italy and Scandinavia, who is associated with light and whose feast day is celebrated on December 13.

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Santa Lucia 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr
person in Christian hagiography
saint
virgin martyr
alsoKnownAs Saint Lucia NERFINISHED
Saint Lucy
surface form: Santa Lucia
associatedWith eyes
light
vision
birthPlace Syracuse, Sicily
centuryOfDeath 4th century
commemoratedOn December 13
deathCause martyrdom
deathPlace Syracuse, Sicily
era Late Antiquity
surface form: Late Roman Empire
feastDay December 13
gender female
hasFeastIn Byzantine liturgical calendar
General Roman Calendar
honorificPrefix Saint
iconography young woman holding a lamp or candle
young woman holding a plate with eyes
young woman with a palm of martyrdom
influencedTradition Saint Lucy's Day processions in Sweden
candle-crown customs in Scandinavia
languageOfNameOrigin Latin
LatinName Lucia
legendaryStatus yes
liturgicalColorOnFeast red
majorShrine Syracuse Cathedral
Venice
nameMeaning light
notableAttribute refusal to renounce Christian faith under persecution
patronage Syracuse, Sicily
authors
martyrs
people with eye diseases
the blind
religion Christianity
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Denmark
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Finland
Italy
Lutheranism
surface form: Lutheran churches

Norway
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Scandinavia
Sweden

Referenced by (4)

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Saint Lucy alsoKnownAs Saint Lucy
this entity surface form: Santa Lucia
Cerro Santa Lucía namedAfter Saint Lucy
Santa Lucia Range namedAfter Saint Lucy