Summary:
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: ''This article is about the Christian saint. For other meanings, see [[Saint Lucia (disambiguation)]]
'''Saint Lucy''' (283–304), also known as ''Saint Lucia'' or ''Santa Lucia'', was a wealthy young [[Christian martyrs|Christian martyr]] who is venerated as a [[saint]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Anglican]], [[Lutheran]], and [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December; with a name derived from ''Lux, Lucis'' meaning "Light", as she is the patron saint of those who are [[blindness|blind]]. Saint Lucy is one of the few saints celebrated by members of the [[Lutheran Church]] among the [[Scandinavia]]n peoples, who take part in [[Saint Lucy's Day]] celebrations that retain many elements of [[Germanic paganism]].
In medieval accounts, Saint Lucy's eyes are [[gouge]]d out prior to her execution. In art, her eyes sometimes appear on a tray that she is holding.
==In art==
*[[Saint Lucy (Domenico di Pace Beccafumi)]]
==See also==
* [[Enucleation of the eye]].
* [[Agatha of Sicily]]
* [[List of Catholic saints]]
* [[Paraskevi of Rome|Saint Paraskevi]], a female, Eastern saint frequently displayed with eyes on a plate.
* [[Saint Odile]], another saint of the blind.
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: ''This article is about the Christian saint. For other meanings, see [[Saint Lucia (disambiguation)]]
'''Saint Lucy''' (283–304), also known as ''Saint Lucia'' or ''Santa Lucia'', was a wealthy young [[Christian martyrs|Christian martyr]] who is venerated as a [[saint]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], [[Anglican]], [[Lutheran]], and [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] Christians. Her feast day in the West is 13 December; with a name derived from ''Lux, Lucis'' meaning "Light", as she is the patron saint of those who are [[blindness|blind]]. Saint Lucy is one of the few saints celebrated by members of the [[Lutheran Church]] among the [[Scandinavia]]n peoples, who take part in [[Saint Lucy's Day]] celebrations that retain many elements of [[Germanic paganism]].
In medieval accounts, Saint Lucy's eyes are [[gouge]]d out prior to her execution. In art, her eyes sometimes appear on a tray that she is holding.
==In art==
*[[Saint Lucy (Domenico di Pace Beccafumi)]]
==See also==
* [[Enucleation of the eye]].
* [[Agatha of Sicily]]
* [[List of Catholic saints]]
* [[Paraskevi of Rome|Saint Paraskevi]], a female, Eastern saint frequently displayed with eyes on a plate.
* [[Saint Odile]], another saint of the blind.
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