Hi, I watched a movie a few years ago of a saint who was very beautiful that the emperor wanted to marry her, even when she was a nun. He loved her because of her eyes so she poked them out and handed them to the messenger in a box to present before the emperor. This made the emperor furious and stopped looking for her. meanwhile the nuns at the convent prayed and, during the liturgy, God restored her eyes.
It's a beautiful story that I've been thinking a lot about for some reason... thing is though, I don't know this saint's name. Does anyone here know who this saint is?
thanks
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http://www.marypages.com/LucyofSyracuse.htm
http://www.medadvocates.org/celebration/december/dec_13.htm
Roman Catholic politically oriented but detailed article (Christians were still one Church)
http://www.stlucy-church.org/stlucy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy
http://vrc.ucr.edu/luci/StLucy.htm
Thank you Batates74 for letting me know about the great martyr Saint Lucy.
May her precious prayers bless our lives.
GODlovesme, I think there is a play called Saint Lucy's eyes.
A side note: I read she was mentioned in Dante's works?
GBU
I really love her story and hope that someone can tell me who she is... it's been such a long time since I watched her movie!