Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1920 — Saint Lucy. [ARTICLE]

Saint Lucy.

Refreshing as a spring on a July noon, lovely as the song of the thrush at the close of a gaudy day, is the liferecord of Saint Lucy. The dear girl, whose name, from the Latin (lux, luds) means “light,” was born in Syracuse in 304 A. D. Her startling beauty brought a mob of suitors at her feet. But she had vowed herself to the religious life and declined their addresses. A young nobleman, maddened with love for her, accused her to the governor as professing Christianity. In the fearful persecution under Dloclet tian she was martyred. She Is seated in art as holding a platter with her two eyes upon it- —Chicago Journah