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title: "St. Lucy: Feast Day December 13 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/
description: "St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr, patron of the blind and those with eye trouble. Feast day December 13, died c. 304. Read their life in Bless."
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Virgin and Martyr · Feast day December 13

# St. Lucy

The feast day of St. Lucy is December 13, a memorial in the US Catholic calendar. Traditionally invoked as patron of the blind and those with eye trouble.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Feast day | [December 13](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/#13) |
| In the US calendar | Memorial |
| Title | Virgin and Martyr |
| Died | c. 304 |
| Patron of | [the blind](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#blind), [those with eye trouble](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#those-with-eye-trouble) |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, December 13, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/#calendar) |

## Life

A young Christian of Syracuse in Sicily who secretly vowed her virginity to Christ and gave her dowry to the poor — enraging the suitor who denounced her under Diocletian’s persecution. Threats, fire, and force all failed strangely; a sword ended her life.

Her name means light, and her feast once fell on the year’s shortest days: from Sicily to Scandinavia she is celebrated with candles and crowns of light. Ancient tradition links her to the protection of eyesight, and her name, like Agnes’s and Agatha’s and Cecilia’s, stands in the Roman Canon.

## Patron of

Tradition invokes St. Lucy as patron of the blind and those with eye trouble.

[Blind](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#blind) [Those with eye trouble](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#those-with-eye-trouble)

Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/).

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Lucy. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Sunday, December 13, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/12/13/) | Third Sunday of Advent | Rose (or violet) | Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 · Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54 · 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 · Isaiah 61:1 (cited in Luke 4:18) · John 1:6-8, 19-28 |
| [Monday, December 13, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/12/13/) | St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial) | Red | Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a · Psalm 25:4-5ab, 6 and 7bc, 8-9 · Psalm 85:8 · Matthew 21:23-27 |
| [Wednesday, December 13, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/12/13/) | St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial) | Red | Isaiah 40:25-31 · Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8 and 10 · Matthew 11:28-30 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[December 12 St. Finnian of Clonard](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-finnian-of-clonard/) [December 14 St. John of the Cross](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-of-the-cross/)

[All the saints of December](https://blessbible.app/saints/december/) [Born on December 13?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#12-13) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. Lucy

Feast day December 13

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/#life)
2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/#patron)
3. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-lucy/#calendar)

In the app

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