Out of Darkness, Light was the motto of St. Lucia. Lucia or Lucy means light and bears the same root as "lucid" which suggest clear radiance. St. Lucia (283-304) is patron saint of the blind and those with eye trouble, as well as patron saint of Syracuse, Sicily where she was born. She became a Christian martyr after she endured abuse at the hands of Romans and survived. The significance of her martyrdom was integrated into an existing Scandinavian...
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