Saint Lucy Religious Medal - 3/4 Inch Size of a Nickel -Sterling Silver

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• 3/4 Inch Size of a Nickel -Sterling Silver
• Saint Lucy was a rich young Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint by Catholic and Orthodox Christians.
• Her feast day in the West is December 13, by the unreformed Julian calendar the longest night of the year; she is the patron saint of those who are blind.
• Lucy is one of the very few saints celebrated by the Lutheran Swedes, Finland-Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians, in celebrations that retain many indigenous Germanic pagan pre-Christian midwinter light festivals.
• She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in the Roman Canon. Her acta sanctus tells that Lucy was a Christian while Diocletian was persecuting and martyring Christians.
• She consecrated her virginity to God, refused to marry a pagan, and had her dowry distributed to the poor. Her would- be husband denounced her as a Christian to the governor of Syracuse. Miraculously unable to move her or burn her, the guards stabbed her and killed her.