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Santa Lucia
Is anyone familiar with the tradition of Saint Lucy as bearer of gifts?
thank you
eliana
Quoting Phyllis Jestice <[log in to unmask]>:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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>
> Today (13. December) is the feast day of:
>
> Eustratius and companions (d. c. 304) Eustratius was a well-born
> Armenian, rounded up in Diocletian's persecution, tortured and than
> burned to death in a furnace. His servant and two friends who tried
> to plead for his life were executed with him, as well as a soldier
> who, like so many, was converted by E's courage and ended up being
> roasted on a grill.
>
> Lucy (d. 304) Legend tells that Lucia was a noble adolescent of
> Syracuse who refused to marry, so her suitor denounced her as a
> Christian. L. was sentenced to a brothel, but L. became so
> miraculously heavy that the guards couldn't get her there. She was
> then sentenced to burning---but the flames didn't hurt her. So
> finally she was stabbed through the throat. Legend also adds that
> her eyes were torn out---either by the judge, or done by L. herself
> to present to a suitor who admired them (which is really sick);
> whichever the case, the eyes were miraculously restored. So it's
> not
> surprising that she's a patron saint of people with eye trouble.
>
> Judoc (d. c. 668) Judoc was the son of King Juthael of Armorica
> (Brittany) and was king himself for a few months. But he opted for
> the religious life instead, going on pilgrimage to Rome and then
> becoming a hermit at Runiacum (now Saint-Josse).
>
> Odilia (Ottilia) (d. c. 720) Legend tells that Odilia was the
> daughter of an Alsatian noble family. She was born blind and her
> dad
> wanted to kill her, but mom convinced him to send her away instead.
> So O. was given to a peasant woman and then entered a convent at age
> 12. There she was baptized, whereupon she recovered her sight. O's
> brother then wanted her brought back to the family, but dad was so
> mad that he killed *him*. Then dad was sorry and became
> affectionate
> toward O, but she fled when he wanted her to marry a duke. Dad
> nearly killed her when he caught her, but was miraculously convinced
> to let her become a nun, turning his castle into a convent
> (Odilienberg). She also founded Niedermunster. O's shrine at
> Niedermunster was a great pilgrimage center, and she's a patron of
> the blind, too.
>
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Eliana Corbari,Theology & Religious Studies
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