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1. ewtn.co.uk › article-why-sweden-honors-st-lucy-aWhy Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint

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   3 days ago · St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration filled with children in costumes, elaborate processions, and Swedish treats — all honoring the beloved saint. St. Lucy, whose feast day is celebrated by the Catholic Church on Dec. 13, was a virgin and martyr from Syracuse, Sicily, born in the year 283.

2. stgg.org › saint-of-the-day › saint-lucySaint Lucy – Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church

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   5 days ago · Saint Lucy’s Story. Every little girl named Lucy must bite her tongue in disappointment when she first tries to find out what there is to know about her patron saint. The older books will have a lengthy paragraph detailing a small number of traditions.

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4. www.euroclub-schools.org › santa-luciaSanta Lucia | Italian Christmas Facts | Euroclub Schools

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   4 days ago · Saint Lucy (283 - 304 AD) was from the city of Siracusa in Sicily. Her feast day happens to be during the period of Advent: on the 13 December. Her name means 'light'. In Italian, luce = light. She is the protector of eyesight, opticians and people who are blind.

5. ewtn.co.uk › chpop-6-saints-whose-bodies-are6 Saints Whose Bodies Are Incorrupt & Where You Can Find Them

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   2 days ago · Throughout the Catholic Church’s history, the bodies of many saints were exhumed after death and found incorrupt. Normally after death, our bodies naturally decompose. As Genesis 3:19 says, “For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”.

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6. www.discovermagazine.com › the-sciences › lucy-stoodLucy Stood Just 3.5 Feet Tall, But Still Towers Over Our ...

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   5 days ago · (Credit: James St. John/Flickr, CC BY) The reconstructed skeleton of Lucy, found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974, and Grace Latimer, then age 4, daughter of a research team member In 1974, on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate ...

7. untappedcities.com › 2019/07/23 › heaven-in-theHeaven in the Bronx: Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at St. Lucy's ...

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   3 days ago · Make the pilgrimage to St. Lucy's Church in the Bronx to visit their heavenly grotto famously known as Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto.

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   Who is Saint Lucy?

   • Saint Lucy (283 - 304 AD) was from the city of Siracusa in Sicily. Her feast day happens to be during the period of Advent: on the 13 December. Her name means 'light'. In Italian, luce = light. She is the protector of eyesight, opticians and people who are blind.

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   What is St Lucy's Day?

   • St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration filled with children in costumes, elaborate processions, and Swedish treats — all honoring the beloved saint. St. Lucy, whose feast day is celebrated by the Catholic Church on Dec. 13, was a virgin and martyr from Syracuse, Sicily, born in the year 283.

   Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint

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   What is St Lucy's Day 2023?

   • CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2023 / 04:45 am (CNA). St. Lucy’s Day, also known as Lucia Day, is a traditional Swedish celebration filled with children in costumes, elaborate processions, and Swedish treats — all honoring the beloved saint.

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   Why is St Lucy the longest night of the year?

   • Historically, before reforms to the calendar, the feast of St. Lucy landed on the shortest day of the year on the Julian calendar. This made it the longest night of the year. According to Swedish folklore, “Lucia Night” was a dangerous night when dark spirits would come out in full force.

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9. ewtn.co.uk › article-fatimas-sister-lucia-is-oneFatima’s Sister Lucia is one step closer to being beatified

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   5 days ago · The two shepherd children, who died at ages 10 and 11 respectively, are the youngest non-martyr saints in the Church’s history. Lucia, who was 10 years old at the time of the 1917 Marian apparitions, outlived the other visionaries by decades, surviving until age 97.