Lucia ng Siracusa: Pagkakaiba sa mga binago

 

'''Saint Lucy of Syracuse,''' also known as '''Saint Lucia,''' '''Santa Lucia,''' or '''Saint Lukia''', (traditional dates [[283]]–[[304]]) was a rich young [[Christian]] [[martyr]] who is venerated as a [[saint]] by [[Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy|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 [[blindness|those who are blind]]. Lucy is one of the very few saints celebrated by the [[Lutheran]] [[Sweden|Swedes]], [[Finland-Swedes]], [[Denmark|Dane]]s, and [[Norway|Norwegian]]s, in [[Saint Lucy's Day|celebrations]] that retain many indigenous [[Germanic paganism|Germanic pagan]] pre-Christian [[midwinter]] light festivals.<ref>The other notable saints still venerated by Scandinavian Lutherans are [[St. John the Baptist]] at [[midsummer]], and [[Olaf II of Norway|St. Olaf]], the patron Saint of Norway, at [[Olsok]].</ref> She is one of seven women, excluding the [[Blessed Virgin Mary]], commemorated by name in the [[Canon of the Mass|Roman Canon]].

 

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