ID: 901001261 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001261	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Saint Lucy and the Oxen (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative in the life of St. Lucy, when her betrothed denounced her to Syracuse governor Paschasius for giving away her wealth to the poor and refusing to sacrifice to the image of the emperor. Paschasius sentenced her be taken to a brothel; she was so steadfast in maintaining her virginity that even oxen could not drag her away.

Display Date: ca. 304

Names:

	Saint Lucy and the Oxen (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Santa Lucia trascinata dai buoi (Christian iconography) (Italian-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
		............Life of Saint Lucy (Christian iconography) (I)
		................Saint Lucy and the Oxen (Christian iconography) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Lucy, Saint
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Lucy, Saint (Christian character)) [901001253]

Other Relationships:

	topic is .... virgin
	.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... oxen
	.....(cattle, Bovidae (family), Artiodactyla (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... brothel
	.....(service industry buildings, commercial buildings, single built works by function, single built works by specific type, single built works (built environment), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), Built Environment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Christianity
	.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Saint Lucy and the Oxen (Christian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	Santa Lucia trascinata dai buoi (Christian iconography)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11HH(LUCY)6 martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of St. Lucy
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436050?=&imgno=3&tabname=label