Who is this saint?

Question

I went to my cousin’s first communion, in a beautiful, recently restored, old church. Near the door there is a statue of a saint. I think she is a woman. She has no eyes in her head, and has two eye balls in her outstretched palm, and a quill in the other. Who is she? What did she do?

Excuse me, the eyeballs were on a dish that lay on her hand, not just in her hand. I had forgotton. Sorry.

Thank you. It is saint Lucy. Here is a link.

http://wordbytes.org/saints/DailyPrayers/Lucy.htm

Answer 1

St. Blinky, commonly known as st. gouge. When she was little, she was in a city park, and she tripped while feeding pidgins. The seed went into her face, and the eyes were pecked out. Thus the quill. She is the blessed pirate saint. Argg, all hail shut eye.

Answer 2

Saint Lucy
Feastday: December 13
Patron of Blindness



Saint Lucy
Lucy's name means "light", with the same root as "lucid" which means "clear, radiant, understandable." Unfortunately for us, Lucy's history does not match her name. Shrouded in the darkness of time, all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in Syracuse lost her life in the persecution of Christians in the early fourth century. Her veneration spread to Rome so that by the sixth century the whole Church recognized her courage in defense of the faith.

Because people wanted to shed light on Lucy's bravery, legends grew up. The one that is passed down to us tells the story of a young Christian woman who had vowed her life to the service of Christ. Her mother tried to arrange a marriage for her with a pagan. Lucy apparently knew that her mother would not be convinced by a young girl's vow so she devised a plan to convince her mother that Christ was a much more powerful partner for life. Through prayers at the tomb of Saint Agatha, her mother's long illness was cured miraculously. The grateful mother was now ready to listen to Lucy's desire to give her money to the poor and commit her life to God.

Unfortunately, legend has it, the rejected bridegroom did not see the same light and he betrayed Lucy to the governor as a Christian. This governor tried to send her into prostitution but the guards who came to take her way found her stiff and heavy as a mountain. Finally she was killed. As much as the facts of Lucy's specific case are unknown, we know that many Christians suffered incredible torture and a painful death for their faith during Diocletian's reign. Lucy may not have been burned or had a sword thrust through her throat but many Christians did and we can be sure her faith withstood tests we can barely imagine.

Lucy's name is probably also connected to statues of Lucy holding a dish with two eyes on it. This refers to another legend in which Lucy's eyes were put out by Diocletian as part of his torture. The legend concludes with God restoring Lucy's eyes.

Lucy's name also played a large part in naming Lucy as a patron saint of the blind and those with eye-trouble

Answer 3

St Lucia (Lucy) virgin martyr, patron of the blind and of those with eye diseases, is said to have been martyred in the reign of Diocletian. The iconography of Lucy holding a dish with two eyes on it refers to another legend in which Lucy's eyes were put out by Diocletian as part of his torture. The legend concludes with God restoring Lucy's eyes. Her feast day is December 13.

Pax.

Answer 4

Many saints and apostles were tortured in death, which makes their faith all the more convincing. Most of the apostles that died after seeing Jesus crucified went to their deaths because they wouldn't deny that He was resurrected. Considering how painful many of them were tortured, I don't see why more people aren't believers.

Answer 5

Lucy.. St Lucy.

Answer 6

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=75

Answer 7

did someone have too much wine at the ceremony

Answer 8

Are you sure of what you saw?

Answer 9

st. lucia