Saint Lucy Religious Medal "EXCLUSIVE"

Saint Lucy Religious Medal EXCLUSIVE All Religious Medals are Customizable We can change the spelling your language names etc ex change Pray for Us to Pray For Me Just let us know in special instructions if you would like it for a charm bracelet request a split ring instead of a bail in the special instructions Saint Lucy was a rich young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by Catholic and Orthodox Christians Her feast day in the West is December 13 by the unreformed Julian calendar the longest night of the year she is the patron saint of those who are blind Lucy is one of the very few saints celebrated by the Lutheran Swedes Finland Swedes Danes and Norwegians in celebrations that retain many indigenous Germanic pagan pre Christian midwinter light festivals She is one of seven women excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorated by name in the Roman Canon Her acta sanctus tells that Lucy was a Christian while Diocletian was persecuting and martyring Christians She consecrated her virginity to God refused to marry a pagan and had her dowry distributed to the poor Her would be husband denounced her as a Christian to the governor of Syracuse Miraculously unable to move her or burn her the guards stabbed her and killed her The oldest record of her story comes from the fifth century accounts of saints lives By the sixth century her story was widespread St Aldhelm wrote an account of her life and the Venerable Bede included her story in his Martyrology 4 In medieval accounts St Lucy s eyes are gouged out prior to her execution In art her eyes sometimes appear on a plate that she s holding

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