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Saint Lucy

Saint from Italy

  • Fame58.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia49K
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Lived 283–304, aged 21Italy
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    65 languages
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  • Era
    283–304
    Aged 21
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

A third-century Christian killed under Diocletian's purge, she became one of eight women named in the Catholic Mass itself — rare company that includes only the Virgin Mary.

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Lucia of Syracuse died around 304 AD, executed during the empire-wide Christian persecution ordered by Diocletian. The details of her life are sparse, but her veneration took firm hold: by the Middle Ages she was widely honored across Europe, and in England her name remained familiar even into the early modern period. The Church placed her among the virgin martyrs — a small pantheon that includes Agatha, Agnes, Cecilia, and Catherine of Alexandria. Her feast day, December 13th, is still observed in the West as Saint Lucy's Day. What distinguishes her is the Canon of the Mass, where only eight…

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Saint Lucy
saidundated
However bad things may go for you, at least may your eyes be spared,’ the beggar wishes, invoking Saint Lucy, patron saint of the eyes.
— Vittorio Paliotti, Santa Lucia, TEN, 1993, pp. 9-11.
Saint Lucy
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Saint Lucy is, from a strictly historical point of view, the place where the city of Naples was born.
— Vittorio Paliotti, Santa Lucia, TEN, 1993, pp. 9-11.
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Historical25.8
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Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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  • Wikipedia
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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