Dear Prof. Muessig,
Is this St. Lucy the one whose relics are now at Santa Lucia Church in
Venice?
As far as I found out in some Venetian chronicles, her body was stollen from
Constantinople in 1204 (together with St. Agatha's one) and brought to
Venice, after Emperors Basil (II) and Constantine (VIII) had taken them from
Sicily [more probably, from the Southern Italy - Puglia, since Sicily was
under the Arabs at the beginning of the 11th century].
All the best,
Serban Marin,
Bucharest, Romania
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> Today, 13 December, is the feast of ...
>
> * Lucy, virgin and martyr (303)
> - refusing marriage to a suitor, she was sentenced to be placed in a
> brothel, but the governor's guards were unable to move her there; she
> was then ordered to be burned, but the flames had no effect; finally,
> her throat was slit
> - along the way, her eyes were gauged out, but these were miraculously
> restored; often portrayed in art as holding a dish or shell bearing two
> eyeballs
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