Saint Lucy's Day
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saint-lucy-s-day-181-10650048
title:
Saint Lucy's Day
text:
Saint Lucy's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Lucy, is a Christian feast day observed on 13 December. The observance commemorates Lucia of Syracuse, an early-fourth-century virgin martyr under the Diocletianic Persecution. According to legend, she brought food and aid to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs, wearing a candle-lit wreath on her head to light her way, leaving both hands free to carry as much food as possible. Because her name means "light" and her feast day had at one time c
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Christian feast day
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy%27s_Day
date created:
2004-12-19T19:11:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T05:11:52Z
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13
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