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Saint Lucy
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Saint Lucy

Young Sicilian martyr whose name means "light", patron saint of the blind and of eyesight.

Francesco del Cossa, Saint Lucy, c. 1473–74 · National Gallery of Art, Washington (public domain)

Who was Saint Lucy?

Little is known for certain about Lucy except that she was a young Christian of Syracuse, Sicily, martyred around 304 under Emperor Diocletian. Tradition says she vowed her life to God, gave her dowry to the poor and was denounced by the man she refused to marry. Her name is in the First Eucharistic Prayer.

Feast day and traditions

Her name comes from the Latin lux, light, and her feast falls in the darkest days of the year. In Sweden, and among Scandinavian-Americans in Minnesota and the Northwest, a girl in a white gown with a crown of candles leads a Lucia procession and serves saffron buns (lussekatter). Sicilian-Americans eat cuccia, sweetened wheat berries, recalling a ship of grain that ended a famine on her feast.

Prayer

St. Lucy, protect my eyes and the light of my soul, and help me see God in all things. Amen.

Novena

To pray a novena that ends on the eve of the feast, begin on December 4 and finish on December 12.

Mass readings

Read the Mass readings for December 13 from the US bishops (USCCB).

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Celebrate as a family

Have the oldest daughter serve saffron buns at breakfast by candlelight.

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