Betrothed to a pagan
Very little is known about St Lucy. She was a virgin and martyr, born in the year 283 or thereabouts and she lived in Sicily. She is patron saint of the blind and people with eye problems.
Lucy was born to rich, noble parents. She lost her father at an early age, leaving her with her sick mother, Eutychia.
Lucy, like many women of her time, chose to consecrate her virginity to God and live a life of poverty, but her mother had other ambitions for her and wanted her to marry a man who happened to be pagan.
