1. St. Lucy
... saint of blindness. She lived in the early fourth century, and was born around 283, to noble and wealthy parents. Her father was Roman, but his early death left her with her widowed mother, Eutychia, who was Greek. Her mother arranged for Lucy to be married to Paschasius, a pagan, not knowing of Lucy's ... judge, others say she tore them out herself to offer them to a suitor she did not like. In both incidents her eyes were miraculously restored before her death. Her relics are honored in churches throughout Europe. The name, Lucy, means light, linking her with eyes, the blind, and eye ...
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