Little fun and not-so fun facts about St. Lucy and the St. Lucy's Catholic Church in East Harlem:
- Built in the 1900's for the Italian community in East Harlem. FUN.
- The first Ana and Joe DeVita were married there (Joey's great grandparents). FUN.
- My mother's nickname is Lucy. FUN.
- The pastor is a tiny, little Filipino and so is most of the Church parishioners. FUN.
- St. Lucy is also known as Lucia of Syracuse, Italy. FUN.
- She was denounced as a Christian to the governor of Sicily by the man she was promised to marry because she didn't want to marry him. They tried to drag her into a brothel, burn her, and gouged her eyes out. NOT FUN.
- But, they couldn't move or burn her. And God gave her a new set of eyes. FUN.
- They killed her. NOT FUN.
- St. Lucy is the most "kidnapped saint in paradise" because her remains kept getting stolen throughout history and she was finally returned to Syracuse in 2004. NOT FUN.
