Lucy and Geminian

For the bishop of Modena (d 397), see Geminianus.
Saints

Lucy and Geminian
Martyrs
Diedc. 300
Rome
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast16 September (pre-1970 General Roman Calendar, a duplication of the 13 December feast)
17 September (Byzantine Rite)

Lucy and Geminian were venerated on 16 September as saints who died as martyrs in Rome during the persecution of Diocletian in about 290 or 300 or, more precisely, in 304. Veneration for them was ancient but their story is "only known from fabulous acts."[1] Lucy appears to be in reality the same as the Lucy of Syracuse whose feast is on 13 December, but the Geminian who was venerated on 16 September seems to be a fictitious character, not to be confused with Geminianus, Bishop of Modena.[2]

  1. ^ Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar, A Dictionary of Saintly Women (Bell, 1904), 469.
  2. ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 139