LUCY

Patroness of Blindness
Patron Saint of Syracuse

BIOGRAPHY

• Lucy was born to a rich family
• Lost her father
• Had consecrated her virginity
• Her mother is healed after visiting Saint Agatha's tomb
• Breaks off wedding with a Pagan

BIOGRAPHY

• Pagan reports her to the Govener
• Soldiers come to take Lucy to a brothel
• Cant move her
• kill her in early 4th century

Hagiography
There are three ways that Saint Lucy could have lost her eyes

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Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.
- Saint Lucy

No one's body is polluted so as to endanger the soul if it has not pleased the mind. If you were to lift my hand to your idol and so make me offer against my will, I would still be guiltless in the sight of the true God, who judges according to the will and knows all things. If now, against my will, you cause me to be polluted, a twofold purity will be gloriously imputed to me. You cannot bend my will to your purpose; whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me.
-Lucy

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QUESTIONS

• What was Saint Lucy patroness of?
• Where was Saint Lucy born?
• Who's tomb were Lucy and her mother at?
• What stopped the soldiers from taking her to a brothel?
• What city is Lucy the patron saint of?

ANSWERS

• Blindness
• Syracuse
• Saint Agatha's tomb
• She became very heavy and couldnt be moved
• Syracuse