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[[Image:Aa-StLucy.jpg|right|thumb|Saint Lucy of Syracuse.]]
Saint '''Lucy the Virgin-Martyr''' (283-304), also known as '''Saint Lucia''', was born in Syracuse, Sicily and was martyred for the Christian faith in the persecution of Emperor Diocletian around the year 304 AD. Her [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[December 13]].
* [[w:Saint Lucy|Saint Lucy]] at Wikipedia.
* Peter Popham. "[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/santa-lucia-of-the-gondoliers-brought-home-to-sicily-after-a-millennium-691612.html Santa Lucia of the gondoliers brought home to Sicily after a millennium]." The Independent (UK). 17 December 2004.
* Great Synaxaristes: {{el icon}} '''In Greek'''* [http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/1440/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ἡ Ἁγία Λουκία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς].'' 13 Δεκεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
[[Category:Martyrs]]
[[Category:Saints]]
[[Category:Italian Saints]]
[[Category:Ante-Nicene Saints]]
[[Category:Pre-Schism Western Saints]]
[[Category:4th-century saints]]
[[el:Λουκία ἡ Παρθενομάρτυς]]
[[ro:Lucia din Siracuza]]
