Name
Lucia, virgin and martyr of Syracuse
Saint ID
S00846
Number in BH
BHL 4992
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
| ID | Title | E01443 | The short Life of *Honorius (bishop of Rome, ob. 638, S01459) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, lists his construction of, and offerings to, the churches of many saints in Rome and its region. | E02092 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) narrates Lucia’s journey to Catania, where her mother is healed at the tomb of *Agatha (virgin and martyr of Catania, S00794); Lucia’s dream vision at the tomb, in which Agatha predicts that she will become the patron saint of Syracuse; her decision to embrace virginity and give away her family property to the poor; her arrest, tortures endured, and death by the sword in Syracuse; the building of a basilica on the site of her martyrdom, where favours are bestowed on those who visit her tomb. The story bears clear connections, with some differences, to a corresponding Greek text (E07563). Written presumably in Syracuse, at an uncertain date, by the late 7th c. at the latest. | E04670 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 6 February. | E05050 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 13 December. | E05051 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 14 December. | E05169 | The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry. | E05684 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 13 December of *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05840 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in January. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E06046 | Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/564. | E06376 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 7.36) of 597, to Iohannes, bishop of Syracuse, asks him to resolve a dispute between a monastery dedicated to *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and the monastery of *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) in Syracuse (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06417 | A document of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 11.15), of AD 600, grants Probus, abbot of the monastery of *Andrew (the apostle, S00288) and *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) in Rome, the right to make a will, in front of witnesses, many of them priests of the titular churches of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06434 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 13.30) of 603, to Iohannes, bishop of Syracuse, mentions a monastery dedicated to *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) in Syracuse (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06492 | The Latin Life of *Rusticula, also known as Marcia (abbess of Arles, ob. 627/632, S02433), is written by the presbyter Florentius; it recounts her pious childhood, her many years as abbess of the monastery of saint John at Arles (southern Gaul), her political travails, and several lifetime and posthumous miracles. Written in southern Gaul, c. 627/640. Overview entry. | E06578 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846), whose name, among others, is recited during Mass, as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry | E07563 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846), detailing the martyr's trial and execution by a governor of Sicily; in it Lucia's cult is intentionally presented as modelled on that of the earlier *Agatha, virgin and martyr of Catania (S00794). Written, probably in Syracuse, in 5th/7th c. | E08361 | Fourteen relic labels discovered within the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran church of San Lorenzo in Palatio (Rome), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of various saints. One label claims that its relics have come from the monastery of Lérins (southern Gaul). Written in Latin, perhaps at Rome, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08505 | The Latin Life of *Rusticula (abbess of Arles, ob. 627/632, S02433) describes Rusticula's visions of *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846), Melania (*Melania the Elder, S01185, or *Melania the Younger, S01134, ascetics in Rome and Jerusalem), and *Michael (the Archangel, S00181). Written in southern Gaul, c. 627/640. |
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