Women in History : The Story of Santa Lucia
Have you ever heard the gondoliers singing “Santa Lucia” and wondered who they singing about?
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2 min readJan 6, 2023
Have you ever heard performers sing the song “Santa Lucia”? I have heard it performed but never knew who the woman or that she was, in fact, a real person. Just read a horrific tragic story about a woman tortured and killed for her beliefs, who is now honored and were finally laid to rest in Santa Lucia. Her remains Siracusa (Syracuse).
“Venice was home to her for so long that the gondoliers’ song “Santa Lucia”, originally from Naples, has become part of that city’s identity.”
Image credit: Lucy Before the Judge By Lorenzo Lotto, 1523–32 — Self-scanned, Public Domain, Link
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Do you know the story of the woman now honored as Santa Lucia?
Read additional details about this woman in history.
