St. Lucy
283 – 304
Patron of the blind, eye disorders, writers, Sicily
Saint Lucy of Syracuse (c. 283–304) was born of noble Christian parents in the Sicilian city of Syracuse during the reign of Diocletian. Consecrated to virginity at her mother's healing at the tomb of Saint Agatha in Catania, she resolved to give her dowry to the poor — a charity that enraged the pagan suitor to whom she had been promised in marriage. He denounced her as a Christian to the Roman governor Paschasius.