Saint Lucy and Her Mother at the Shrine of Saint Agatha (1366–1396) by Olivuccio di Ciccarello - Public Domain Catholic Painting

Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) or Saint Lucy, was a Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox churches. She is one of eight women (including Saint Mary) explicitly commemorated by Roman Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day, known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day, is observed by Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England.

This image portrays a scene from Lucia’s life when Lucia went with her mother, Eutychia, to find a cure for an illness at Saint Agatha’s shrine (Saint Agatha had died on 52 years prior). Source

Olivuccio Ceccarello di Ciccarello (died 1439) was an Italian painter. Little is known of his life. He was a native of Camerino and was active from 1388 until his death. In 2002 works formerly attributed to an obscure painter named Carlo da Camerino were re-attributed to Olivuccio di Ciccarello as it had become clear Carlo da Camerino had never existed.

He worked at Ancona, where he was the most important painter of the gothic painting school. Source

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