saint lucia died in siracusa on the13th of december 304, virgin and martyr. lucia’s conversion was...
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Saint Lucia
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Saint Lucia died in Siracusa on the13th of december 304,
virgin and martyr. Lucia’s conversion was
during her mother’s disease, when Saint
Agatha appeared her in a dream..
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Lucia was immediately denounced as a
Christian and beheaded by Diocletian’s order
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Saint Lucia is represented
without eyes because the legend says that she tore them off to send away all
her pretenders.
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The “cuccìa” is a typical Sicilian sweet made by
Grain, “Ricotta “,
Or milk cream…
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And it is garnished with cinnamon and
chocolate
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The cuccìa is prepared on the 13th of December for Saint
Lucia’s commemoration. The tradition says that on that day in 1646, a ship loaded of grain
arrived in Palermo’s port putting an end to the famine.
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To remember that day, the
Sicilians don’t eat
food made with flour, but…
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The “cuccia”
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And the
“Arancine.
”
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