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ID: 901001253
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001253
Record Type: Character/Person

Lucy, Saint (Christian character)

Note: Italian virgin saint and martyr, during the persecution of the Roman emperor Diocletian. One of her attributes is a pair of eyeballs, referring to her martyrdom.

Display Date: died 304

Names:
Lucy, Saint (Christian character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Saint Lucy (Christian character) (English,A,N)
Santa Lucia (Christian character) (Italian-P,D,N)
Lucia, di Siracusa (Christian character) (Italian,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Christian characters> (P)
............Lucy, Saint (Christian character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Life of Saint Lucy
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Other Christian narratives, Life of Saint Lucy (Christian iconography)) [901001260]
is actor for .... Saint Lucy and the Oxen
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Other Christian narratives, Life of Saint Lucy (Christian iconography), Saint Lucy and the Oxen (Christian iconography)) [901001261]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... saint
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... virgin
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... martyr
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
symbolic attribute is .... eyes (animal components)
.....(animal components, biological components, components by specific context, components (objects parts), Components (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Provincia di Siracusa
.....(Sicily, Italy, Europe) (TGN)
identified as .... Lucy of Syracuse, Saint (Italian saint, 238-304)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Lucy, Saint (Christian character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2002086865
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Saint Lucy (Christian character)
................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
Santa Lucia (Christian character)
................ICCD database (1988-)
Lucia, di Siracusa (Christian character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11HH(LUCY) the virgin martyr Lucy (Lucia) of Syracuse; possible
................ National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-) http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.369.html
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/232204
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/284/fra-paolino-paolo-del-signoraccio-saint-lucy-italian-about-1525-1530/

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