Saint
Lucius
Saint named in the old calendars; the sources preserve few details about him.
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- Era
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Life
Lucius, called in the Maronite tradition Mar Nohra, is a saint born, according to the Maronite synaxarion, in Persia in the third century. The name Nohra means 'light' in Aramaic. The synaxarion says that he preached the Gospel on his travels and suffered martyrdom at Smar Jbeil near Batroun in Lebanon. He is the patron of those with eye diseases or blindness, and in Lebanon several churches and monasteries bear his name. His feast is on 22 July. He is not to be confused with Pope Lucius I.