The Color Purple ....
a moment of the procession ....
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this is a short-long report on the feast of St. Lucy, which takes place in Syracuse on December 13: the silver statue of the virgin and martyris Saint, is brought on shoulders of 60 carriers called "Green Berets" for the color of their distinctive headgear, the procession starts at 15.30 from Piazza Duomo with a festive sound of bells, with a float brought on shoulders from women, which contains the relics of the saint, just behind there is the silver float of the Holy; the procession will continue up to the Basilica of St. Lucy at the Sepulchre, and will remain here for the next seven days;
Saint Lucy was born in Syracuse at the end of the third century, according to tradition, from a noble and wealthy family. The mother's name was Eutichia, the father, who died when Lucy was five years old, was probably called Lucio. The name Lucia means light most likely, is typically Christian, so Christian was perhaps even family. Saint Lucia was martyred on December 13 of a.C. 304 during the persecution of Diocletian. The story of his martyrdom has come to us in two versions by acts from Latin and Greek documents (or code Papadopulo). The Latin acts say that the Saint was stabbed in the throat, and the deeds Greeks say She was beheaded.
Unfounded, and absent in the multiple narratives and traditions, at least until the fifteenth century, is the story of Lucy tearing her eyes. The emblem of the eyes on the bowl or on a plate, it is to reconnect, simply, to popular devotion which has always invoked the protector of view because of her name Lucia (from latin word "lux", it means light).
The Color Purple ....
a moment of the procession ....
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this is a short-long report on the feast of St. Lucy, which takes place in Syracuse on December 13: the silver statue of the virgin and martyris Saint, is brought on shoulders of 60 carriers called "Green Berets" for the color of their distinctive headgear, the procession starts at 15.30 from Piazza Duomo with a festive sound of bells, with a float brought on shoulders from women, which contains the relics of the saint, just behind there is the silver float of the Holy; the procession will continue up to the Basilica of St. Lucy at the Sepulchre, and will remain here for the next seven days;
Saint Lucy was born in Syracuse at the end of the third century, according to tradition, from a noble and wealthy family. The mother's name was Eutichia, the father, who died when Lucy was five years old, was probably called Lucio. The name Lucia means light most likely, is typically Christian, so Christian was perhaps even family. Saint Lucia was martyred on December 13 of a.C. 304 during the persecution of Diocletian. The story of his martyrdom has come to us in two versions by acts from Latin and Greek documents (or code Papadopulo). The Latin acts say that the Saint was stabbed in the throat, and the deeds Greeks say She was beheaded.
Unfounded, and absent in the multiple narratives and traditions, at least until the fifteenth century, is the story of Lucy tearing her eyes. The emblem of the eyes on the bowl or on a plate, it is to reconnect, simply, to popular devotion which has always invoked the protector of view because of her name Lucia (from latin word "lux", it means light).