Patron saints
Who Is the Patron Saint of The Blind And Eye Illness?
Saint Lucy · Feast day December 13
The patron saint of the blind and eye illness is Saint Lucy, whose feast day is December 13.
Who was Saint Lucy?
Saint Lucy was an early martyr of Sicily whose name means light. She gave her dowry to the poor and consecrated herself to Christ, and was killed in the persecutions of the early fourth century.
Why the patron of the blind and eye illness?
Because her name means light and by tradition her eyes were involved in her martyrdom, she is invoked as the patron of the blind and of those with diseases of the eyes.
In the Word
He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.John 9:25 (KJV)
A note for all traditions: patron saints are honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches as examples of faith and as friends who pray with us, never worshiped, for worship belongs to God alone. Many Protestant Christians honor the saints as examples without asking their intercession. Across all traditions, there is one Lord and one mediator between God and us, the man Christ Jesus, and every one of us, not only the saints, is called to holiness and to him.
All the saints point to Jesus, and so are you called
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