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St. Lucy

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Religious Figure

The Resume

    (circa 283-circa 304)
    Born in Syracuse, Sicily
    Executed by being stabbed in the throat by order of the governor Diocletian
    Patron saint of the blind
    Feast day December 13

Why she might be annoying:

    As with many saints, much of her biography is probably fictitious.
    Her family was rich and aristocratic.
    She is gruesomely represented by two eyeballs on a platter.
    She angered her mother by refusing to marry.
    A dubious legend claims she tore out her eyes because a suitor admired them.
    Her feast day falls on the shortest day of the year (by the old Julian calendar).
    Her body parts ended up in different churches across Europe.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She gave away all of her wealth to the poor.
    Her mother recovered from a hemorrhage by divine intervention.
    Afterwards she supported Lucy’s decision to serve Christ instead of marrying.
    Her rejected fiancée betrayed her as a Christian to the governor.
    She was sentenced to forced prostitution (soldiers were unable to carry her off, however).
    She survived an attempt to burn her to death.
    Her eyes may have been gouged out by her torturers.
    Because she saved Sweden from a famine, she is popular in Scandinavian countries.

Credit: Georgina


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 128 Votes: 48.44% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 114 Votes: 51.75% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 131 Votes: 45.80% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 27.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 178 Votes: 44.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 93 Votes: 36.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 34.04% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 45.78% Annoying