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Religious and Church art on Ebay; Fine Religious antique, coming from Europe; Religious and churchart Eindhoven, The Netherlands eBay Policy prohibits the sale of human remains and requires a disclosure of what the Relics are: These Relics are a piece of hair of the Saint and/or a piece of cloth worn by the Saint, both of which are allowed by eBay Policy. They are sacred and devotional Relics of the Church. If you have any further specific questions regarding these Holy Relics, please email me. PLEASE NOTE; we wil ship only with Fedex Economy. You could track your parcel online. Multi reliquary This is a old multi reliquary with relic's from Saint Lucy of Syracuse, Barbara, Joseph and Francis of Assisi. Diameter is 1.9 inch. Relic's, waxseal and thread correct in place. Shipping with Fedex Economy is 25$. I want to thank the writer of Patron Saints index. Saint Lucy of Syracuse Also known as Lucia of Syracuse Lucia de Syracuse Memorial 13 December Profile Rich, young Christian of Greek ancestry. Raised in a pious family, she vowed her life to Christ. Her Roman father died when she was young. Her mother, Eutychia, arranged a marriage for her. For three years she managed to keep the marriage on hold. To change the mother‘s mind about the girl‘s new faith, Lucy prayed at the tomb of Saint Agatha, and her mother‘s long haemorrhagic illness was cured. Her mother agreed with Lucy’s desire to live for God, and Lucy became known as a patron of those with maladies like her mother‘s. Her rejected pagan bridegroom, Paschasius, denounced Lucy as a Christian to the governor of Sicily. The governor sentenced her to forced prostitution, but when guards went to fetch her, they could not move her even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. The governor ordered her killed instead. After torture that included having her eyes torn out, she was surrounded by bundles of wood which were set afire; they went out. She prophesied against her persecutors, and was executed by being stabbed to death with a dagger. Her name is listed in the prayer “ Nobis quoque peccatoribus ” in the Canon of the Mass. Legend says her eyesight was restored before her death. This and the meaning of her name led to her connection with eyes, the blind, eye trouble, etc. Born c.283 at Syracuse, Sicily Died stabbed in the throat c.304 at Syracuse, Sicily her relics are honoured in churches throughout Europe Canonized Pre-Congregation Name Meaning light; bringer of light (= Lucy) Patronage against blindness against dysentery against epidemics against eye disease against hemorraghes authors Begijnendijk, Flemish Brabant, Belgium blind people Conzano, Italy cutlers eye problems glaziers laborers martyrs Mtarfa, Malta peasants Perugia, Italy saddlers salesmen Santa Lucia di Piave, Italy sore eyes sore throats stained glass workers Syracuse, Sicily, Italy throat infections Villa Santa Lucia, Latium, Italy Saint Barbara Memorial 4 December removed from revised Roman calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969 Profile A beautiful maiden imprisoned in a high tower by her father Dioscorus for disobedience. While there, she was tutored by philosphers, orators and poets. From them she learned to think, and decided that polytheism was nonsense. With the help of Origen and Valentinian, she converted to Christianity. Her father denounced her to the local authorities for her faith, and they ordered him to kill her. She escaped, but he caught her, dragged her home by her hair, tortured her, and killed her. He was immediately struck by lightning, or according to some sources, fire from heaven. Her imprisonment led to her association with towers, then the construction and maintenance of them, then to their military uses. The lightning that avenged her murder led to asking her protection against fire and lightning, and her patronage of firefighters, etc. Her association with things military and with death that falls fr... read more

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