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	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profiles: Saint Lucy
		Saint Lucy was the child of wealthy parents.
		Lucy reminded her mother of the story in the Gospels of the woman who was cured of a hemorrhage by touching Christ's cloak.
		Saint Lucy is invoked as the patron of eye ailments and of light, possibly because her name suggests 'light.' Sometimes, she is portrayed holding two eyes in a dish.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19971201/SAINTS/STLUCY.HTM (1465 words)

	SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		IN the Roman Martyrology, Saint Lucy is called both virgin and martyr, and in both titles lies the secret of her sanctity in the Roman Empire of the fourth century.
		Lucy was born in Sicily of noble parents, and as a young child offered her virginity to God in a vow which she kept secret.
		Lucy then informed her mother of her desire to give herself and all that she possessed to God, a desire which, in gratitude for the favor recently granted, Lucy's mother did not refuse.
	www.stfrancisvernon.org /stlucy.htm (340 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Lucy
		There she was in fact cured, and Lucy, availing herself of the opportunity, persuaded her mother to allow her to distribute a great part of her riches among the poor.
		The largess stirred the greed of the unworthy youth to whom Lucy had been unwillingly betrothed, and he denounced her to Paschasius, the Governor of Sicily.
		And it was from this shrine that an arm of the saint was taken to the monastery of Luitburg in the Diocese of Spires--an incident celebrated by Sigebert himself in verse.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09414a.htm (870 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - Saints
		Saint Lucy is often depicted with a pair of eyes, as in this painting by Domenico di Pace Beccafumi ©
		Lucy is said to have been the daughter of a rich nobleman who died when she was young.
		Lucy was then able to spend her money helping the poor, but her intended bridegroom was not pleased and denounced her to the Roman governor as a Christian.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/christianity/saints/lucy.shtml (429 words)

	Saint Lucy of Syracuse - ApostolicWiki
		Saint Lucy was a young Christian maiden of Syracuse in Sicily.
		Lucy reminded her mother that a woman in the Gospel, suffering from the same disorder, had been healed by the divine power.
		Saint Lucy and her mother spent an entire night praying by the tomb, until, overcome by weariness, both fell asleep.
	www.taac.us /index.php?title=Saint_Lucy (486 words)

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		Saint Lucy Day School was founded in 1955 at the request of parents who wanted their children to receive the special education services they needed in a spiritually enriching environment.
		Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments is a Catholic School that provides spiritual and academic instruction, as well as training in all areas of the expanded core curriculum; thus preparing students for the challenges of life and pursuit of higher education.
		Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments, established in 1955 as one of the five special education facilities of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and supported by Catholic Charities, revolves around three basic beliefs regarding life, personhood and community.
	www.slds.org /index.html (704 words)

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		Her activities were divided between the work of the schools for young girls and the social apostolate: spiritual exercises for women, visits to needy families, and care of the sick.
		Lucy was sixteen when, at the Cardinal's suggestion, she left Corneto, Tarquinia, where she was born, and went to the Monastery of Saint Clare in Montefiascone to prepare for her future apostolate.
		Saint Lucy Filipini, of the Roman nobility, was born January 13, 1672, and baptized on the same day.
	www.spare.org /st.lucy.htm (522 words)

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		Saint Lucy Day School was founded in 1955 at the request of parents who wanted their children to receive the special education services they needed in a spiritually enriching environment.
		Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments is a Catholic School that provides spiritual and academic instruction, as well as training in all areas of the expanded core curriculum; thus preparing students for the challenges of life and pursuit of higher education.
		Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments, established in 1955 as one of the five special education facilities of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and supported by Catholic Charities, revolves around three basic beliefs regarding life, personhood and community.
	slds.org /index.html (704 words)

	Saint Lucy
		From the arcosolio's project, a dove was sculptured in memory of the Saints prophecy at the moment of her death, when she had announced the end of the persecutions and the Churches triumph.
		Lucy's tomb became a place of pilgrimage, prayer and supplication for the people of Syracuse, who implored and obtained abundant graces by the Saints intercession, who was immediately elected patron Saint of the city.
		Lucy was called 'Luminosa', 'full of light', this Grecian inscription, the most antique and precious document that proves the cult offered to Lucy, back from distant ages, as patron saint of eyesight.
	users.libero.it /luigi.scrosoppi/santi/luciaing.htm (5851 words)

	Saint Lucy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There is an inscription referring to St. Lucy in the cemetery of St. John of Syracuse that dates to the fourth or early fifth century.
		Lucy learned about a virgin and martyr named Agatha, who had been executed fifty-two years before in the Decian persecution, and the many miracles that had been wrought through her intercession.
		Lucy saw this as an opportunity to tell her mother of her secret vow and desires to distribute her goods to the poor.
	www.monksofadoration.org /lucy.html (470 words)

	The Legends of Lucy of Syracuse
		Before the Reformation, Saint Lucy's Day was one of unusual celebration and festivity because, for the people of Sweden and Norway, she was the great "light saint" who turned the tides of their long winter and brought the light of the day to renewed victory.
		Similarily, Lucia became the patron saint for the "light of the body"--the eyes, which may be the source of legends that she was blinded and her eyesight miraculously restored; and the way she was represented in Italian art with her eyes on a plate.
		Lucy was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 283 A.D., the daughter of wealty parents; her father Roman, her mother Greek.
	www.eldrbarry.net /mous/saint/luciaday.htm (1075 words)

	Saint Lucy - Catholic Online
		Lucy's name means "light", with the same root as "lucid" which means "clear, radiant, understandable." Unfortunately for us, Lucy's history does not match her name.
		Lucy apparently knew that her mother would not be convinced by a young girl's vow so she devised a plan to convince her mother that Christ was a much more powerful partner for life.
		Lucy may not have been burned or had a sword thrust through her throat but many Christians did and we can be sure her faith withstood tests we can barely imagine.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=75 (762 words)

	Saint Lucy
		Lucy's eyes were miraculously restored to her one day as she said her prayers, but she suffered martyrdom for her faith nonetheless.
		Lucy was betrayed to the pagan authorities, who ordered her to a brothel.
		Zurbarán gives Lucy an imposing monumentality, not simply by making her figure large and close to the front plane of the picture, but also by simplifying the background behind her.
	www.nga.gov /collection/gallery/gg30/gg30-12214.0.html (223 words)

	Feast of Saint Lucy \| The Radiance of Virginity that Lights up the Soul \| St Ambrose -Welcome to The Crossroads ...
		Lucy was martyred at Syracuse in Sicily, probably during the persecution of Diocletian around 305 AD.
		It was natural that she therefore would become the patron saint of the eyes, the "light of the body." SInce her feast occurs during the days of preparation before Christmas, it has traditionally been the day in many countries, especially Sweden and Norway, where Christmas lights are illuminated for the first time in the season.
		"Lucy candles" lighted in the homes and "Lucy fires" burned in the outdoors were a celebration that the tide of darkness and winter was turning with the return of the sun.
	www.crossroadsinitiative.com /library_article/393/Reflections_on_Virginity___St._Ambrose.html (979 words)

	Saint Lucy at AllExperts
		Saint Lucy of Syracuse, also known as Saint Lucia, Santa Lucia, or Saint Lukia, (traditional dates 283-304) was a rich young Christian martyr who is venerated as a Saint by Catholic and Orthodox Christians.
		Lucy means "light", with the same Latin root, lux, as "lucid," which means "clear, radiant, understandable." "In 'Lucy' is said, the way of light" Jacobus de Voragine stated at the beginning of his vita of the Blessed Virgin Lucy, in Legenda Aurea, the most widely-read version of the Lucy legend in the Middle Ages.
		St Lucy's history is shrouded in darkness: all that is really known for certain is that she was a martyr in Syracuse in Diocletian's persecutions of A.D. Her veneration spread to Rome, so that by the 6th century the whole Church recognized her courage in defense of the faith.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sa/saint_lucy.htm (856 words)

	Lucy of Syracuse
		Lucy didn't want to marry at all, and prayed to God for some way to persuade her mother that she didn't have to marry the rich young man.
		When Lucy's mother was miraculously healed, Lucy told her mother about how she had asked God for help so that she wouldn't have to marry.
		Lucy's mother changed her mind, and told Lucy that she didn't have to marry the rich young man. Lucy was very happy.
	members.chello.nl /~l.de.bondt/LucyofSyracuse.htm (402 words)

	Saint Lucy (Getty Museum)
		She is Saint Lucy, a virgin martyr from Syracuse in Italy, who died in about the year 304 for her beliefs as a Christian.
		Lucy survived numerous tortures such as having molten lead poured into her ears, having her teeth pulled and her breasts amputated, and being drenched with boiling oil and urine.
		Fra Paolino outlined the figure of the saint with fl chalk, quickly correcting the lines of drapery at her back until he achieved the line he desired.
	www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=286 (180 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Lucy of Syracuse
		To change the mother's mind about the girl's new faith, Lucy prayed at the tomb of Saint Agatha, and her mother's long haemorrhagic illness was cured.
		Her mother agreed with Lucy's desire to live for God, and Lucy became known as a patron of those with maladies like her mother's.
		Her rejected pagan bridegroom, Paschasius, denounced Lucy as a Christian to the governor of Sicily.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintl01.htm (324 words)

	00 to 25... \| Accession Number Index \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art
		Saint Lucy and Her Mother at the Shrine of Saint Agatha; Saint Lucy Giving Alms; Saint Lucy before Paschasius; Saint Lucy Resisting Efforts to Move Her
		Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist, Monica(?), Augustine(?), Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, Francis, and Elizabeth of Hungary(?)
		Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hi/access.htm (2979 words)

	St. Lucy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lucy accompanied her mother, and their prayers for a cure were answered.
		At Rome in the sixth century Lucy was honored among the other virgin martyrs, and her name was inserted in the Canon of the Mass.
		This saint's relics are venerated at Venice and at Bourges, in France.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/LUCY.htm (372 words)

	Legend of St Lucy by MASTER of the Saint Lucy Legend
		In gratitude for the healing of Lucy's mother after a pilgrimage to the grave of St Agatha, they both decided to give their possessions away to the poor (first scene).
		Then Lucy was brought before the consul by her fiancé and on account of her faith she was condemned to prostitution (second scene).
		Lucy miraculously became so heavy that even a thousand yokes of oxen could not drag her away (third scene).
	www.wga.hu /html/m/master/lucy/0st_lucy.html (176 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 25
		Saint Alfwold, a monk of Winchester, was chosen to be bishop of Sherborne in 1045.
		Saint Kennocha was a Scottish nun of the convent in Fife.
		Lucy devoted the rest of her life to improving the status of women, and founding schools and educational centers for girls and women throughout Italy.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0325.htm (3089 words)

	Saint Lucy's Day
		She is Saint Lucy or Santa Lucia, and her feast day is celebrated by the Swedes and by the Sicilians.
		To the Swedes, she represents light, to the Sicilians, she is the patron saint of vision, as well as the patron saint of the city of her birth, Syracuse.
		Lucy was born in Siracusa, Sicily and is one of the virgin martyrs.
	www.inmamaskitchen.com /SEASONS/saintlucday.html (371 words)

	December 13 Saints of the Day
		Lucy's name means "light", with the same root as "lucid" which means "clear, radiant, understandable." Unfortunately for us, Lucy's history does not match her name.
		Lucy's name is probably also connected to statues of Lucy holding a dish with two eyes on it.
		Only touch her sepulcher with faith, and you will be healed.” The Saint of Catania had already saved that city, when Mount Etna had erupted the year after her martyrdom: some frightened pagans, seeing a course of lava descending directly toward the city, had uncovered her tomb, and at once it had stopped.
	religion-cults.com /saints/december13.htm (538 words)

	Feast of Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia)
		Lucy had few memories of her father, for he died when Lucy was an infant.
		When her mother was healed, Lucy revealed her vow of virginity and asked permission to bestow her fortune on the poor.
		As early as the sixth century, Lucy was honored in Rome as one of the most praiseworthy virgin martyrs, and her name was inserted into the canon of the Mass.
	www.penitents.org /lucy.html (2216 words)

	Saint Lucy « Barbados « Caribbean West Indies « Hotelrates.com Directory ...
		The parish of Saint Lucy ("St. Lucy") is the northern-most area in the country of Barbados.
		Saint Lucy is known for being the only parish of Barbados out of the eleven to be named after a female patron saint, Saint Lucy of Syracuse.
		Saint Lucy is also somewhat of a large peninsula, which is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, east and west.
	hotelrates.com /directory/caribbean-west-indies/barbados/saint-lucy (130 words)

	This is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis: Our Mother Among the Saints, Lucy, Virgin Martyr
		Lucy distributed all her goods to the poor, and this embittered her betrothed, who accused her of being a Christian before Paschasius the judge.
		Saint Lucy was born in Syracuse, Sicily during the reign of Diocletian.
		The name Lucy (Lucia) is derived for the Latin word for light (lux), and so she is often invoked for afflictions of the eyes.
	chattablogs.com /aionioszoe/archives/042647.html (738 words)

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