#St Lucy

[cuties-in-codices]

st. odile of alsace

in an illuminated prayer book, bavaria, c. 1480

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 7251, fol. 187r

#15th century #medieval art #st lucy #saints #martyrs #eyes #eyeballs #illuminated manuscript

[png-heaven]

#random #cottagecore #gold #yellow #st lucy #to see with eyes unclouded #pngs #transparent #stickers #pngsformoodboards

[muffy-artist]

saint lucy

#st lucy #saint lucy #saint lucia #modern day saint #illustration #creepy cute

[femme-et-traditionnelle]

#sainte Luce #saint luce #st luce #catholic #catholicism #church #france #saint lucy #st lucy #personal

[tinyshe]

#catholic #saints #st lucy #pray for us #prayer

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Lucia (St. Lucy) 283-304 Feast Day: December 13 Patronage: blind, martyrs, Perugia, Italy, epidemics, salesmen, throat infections, writers

Saint Lucia or Lucy was a 3rd C. Italian martyr who brought the light of faith, hope, and charity to the poor and Christians in the darkness of the catacombs. Tradition has it that during a terrible famine in Sweden a beautiful girl with a glow about her head, came to shore bringing food, saving the Swedes from starvation. On December 13th, St. Lucy's Day, the eldest daughter wakes the household, bringing St. Lucia buns and coffee, wearing a lighted wreath on her head, a white gown, with a red sash, representing baptism and martyrdom.

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#St Lucy #St Lucia #Saint for the blind #Saint for writers #Catholic art

[galpaladvns]

Check out my extremely niche quiz!

Growing up Catholic fucked me up, but it gave me a lot of weird fun facts to infodump about.

cw for Catholicism-typical depictions of violence, martyrdom, gore, etc.

(Also please don’t become Catholic for the aesthetics, it’s Not Worth It. All it gives you is trauma.)

#uquiz #ex catholic #saints #history #medieval #joan of arc #st catherine of Alexandria #st cecilia #st agatha #st Lucy #st Barbara #st Ursula #catholic

[divinum-pacis]

Young women and men sing carols as they hold candles to celebrate St. Lucia's Day in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Catherine in St.Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. The Church was built in the 19th century by and for Swedish expatriates in Saint Petersburg, and it is usually called the Swedish church. In Soviet era the Church was used as a sport hall. St. Lucia is the patron saint of vision. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

#religion #christianity #protestantism #lutheran #christians #people #st lucia #st lucy #russia #divinum-pacis

[catholic-saint-tournament]

Round 1 results here

St Lucy left, St Catherine right

#st lucy #st catherine #catholic saint tournament #catholicism #catholic saints #catholic #tumblr tournaments #tumblr polls #tumblr bracket #tumblr tournament #roman coliseum meets tumblr

[maypoleman1]

13th December

St Lucy’s Day

Saint Lucia’s Day. Source: The Book of Christmas, The Enchanted World, Time-Life Books

Today is St Lucy’s Day. Lucy, or Lucia, was a devout Christian virgin on the island of Sicily in the fourth century AD who was pursued by an ardent suitor who told her he was in love with her eyes. In a desperate attempt to get her admirer to lose interest, Lucia plucked out her own eyes and handed them to the horrified man with the words ‘Now let me live in God’. God recognised her sacrifice and restored Lucia’s eyes soon afterwards. Lucia however was eventually executed by the pagan Roman authorities who burned her alive.

Lucia’s death by flame is the only discernible link between her and the festivities in Scandinavia to celebrate her day. These celebrations have entirely pagan roots and derive from winter sun festivals held on the northern solstice to brighten the darkest nights of the year. On the morning of 13th December, girls would dress as Lucia in a plain white shift and bring their parents festive cheer, their heads crowned with a wreath of lingonberry or holly mounted with the four Advent candles. St Lucia’s Day traditionally marks the beginning of the Christmas season.

St Lucia’s Day coincided with the Norse festival of Yule and was marked by the old rhyme : ‘Lucy light, the shortest day and the longest night’ . St Lucy was also the patron saint of people suffering poor eyesight which is partially a reference to the saint’s self blinding but also to the long dark night of her named day.

#st lucy #st lucia #winter solstice #christmas #yuletide #pagan roots #pagan religion

[heyclodia]

Nox Perpetua, an illustration i did for an exhibition, inspired by the italian folklore around St. Lucy

#st lucia #st lucy #santa lucia #artists on tumblr #folklore #italian folklore #winter solstice #catullo

[amessbutlikeacoolmess]

didn't expect to hear THE MAIN SONG for a holiday celebrated by exactly three nations in the whole world

#midnight burger #ep18 #st lucia #st lucy #what the HELL #was literally talking about this holiday witch my coworkers today #great song tho lol

[magpieddd]

Medievaltober day 10: any illustration in your style

Illustration taken from @cuties-in-codices, here's the original post

#I'm getting burnout from inktober lol might just post ailly sketches in the future #I can't stress enough that I'm NOT used to drawing this much #grimm's art #How do i even tag this #Medieval illustration #St lucy

[tinyshe]

#catholic #saint #st lucy #pray for us #eyesight

[page-28]

#francisco de zurbaran #st lucy

[kitsunehondo]

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺

𝘐𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯,

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘥 

𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴,

𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴

𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕

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December 13th is Lucia’s day. My name’s day. If you know me or if you follow me from some time, you might already know that I’m quite fond of the meaning of my name and of all the traditions of light and gifts that this name and this day carries within ✨ also you might know it has become kind of a tradition for me to draw something every year to celebrate this day. 

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This time I took it a bit further and I decided to portrait my Lucia not as angelic as I used to. This has been a tough year for artists. We have been repeatedly attacked by people who put profit above all else and decided to exploit us more than ever before. It’s easy to despair and to get discouraged. To question what’s the point to create when you know someone will steal from you and claim it as theirs. That is why I decided that yes, I shall bring light, but I shall also defend my light from the darkness that relentlessly keep on trying to extinguish my flame, our flame. 

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Since ancient times, when Lucia was celebrated on the Winter Solstice, this is a day meant to bring hope and light during the darkest time of the year. From today the nights will start to get a little shorter and the light will last a little longer. I hope you too will keep defending you light and keep sharing it with the world. ✨ 

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#st lucia's day #st lucia #santa lucia #st lucy #lucia's day #kitsuneart