Saint Lucy
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Lucia of Syracuse, also called Santa Lucia and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in The Catholic Church
Saint Lucy by Niccolò di Segna, c. 1340. The saint holds the dagger or sword with which she was ultimately executed, as well as the lamp, her attribute.
Eutychia and Lucy at the Tomb of Saint Agatha, by Jacobello del Fiore
Lucy Before the Judge, by Lorenzo Lotto, 1523–1532
Altar of Saint Lucy, San Geremia (Venice)
Sicilia (Roman province)
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Sicilia was the first province acquired by the Roman Republic, encompassing the island of Sicily. The western part of the island was brought under Roman control in 241 BC at the conclusion of the Firs
Philistis, wife of Hiero II, depicted on a tetradrachm minted between 218 and 214 BC
Hieronymus, King of Syracuse (215 BC), depicted on one of his coins.
The burning glass allegedly used by Archimedes in the defense of Syracuse in 212 BC, depicted in the frontespiece of Opticae Thesaurus
The regiones of Augustan Italy (around AD 7)