For a Saint about whom so very little is really known, Saint Lucy has a surprisingly impressive religious pedigree.
She is the bringer of light and lucidity, things which are in fact her namesakes as Lucy, or Lucia a.
Her cult extends across oceans, and every year, large numbers of Italian-Americans travel "back home" to Sicily, a land they have primarily known through an increasingly distant heritage, to participate in the great festival there in her honor.
Her relics have traveled the world.
For a Saint about whom so very little is really known, Saint Lucy has a surprisingly impressive religious pedigree