Bringer of light

When she was born, she was a light to her parents’ eyes, so they gave her the name Lucy, which means light. As she grew, she continued to shine in the lives of all who knew her: a gentle girl, devoted to God.

For that, she was mercilessly killed.

The memory of St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, would spread far beyond her native Sicily and continue long past the 4th century persecution of Diocletian in which she was killed. Her name is included in the Roman Canon of the Mass to this day.