Lucy

Saint Lucy of Lyon was a widow of Lyon who, according to Christian tradition, received into her house Epipodius and Alexander of Lyon, who are said to have been martyred in the year 178, the year after the martyrs of Lyon. She is also said to have worked miracles, and her tomb at Lyon was venerated.

According to the Acts of Saints Epipodius and Alexander, written in the fifth century by an unknown author, Lucy, a widow, received them in her house. The name Lucy means "luminous" and can be linked with the accounts of Gregory of Tours and Ado of Vienne, which speak of a wonderful light in the crypt where those saints lie. The Acts say that Lucy took up the shoe of Epipodius after his martyrdom and, through it, wrought several miraculous healings, though she had no medical knowledge; thus she spread the Christian faith. The chapel of the two saints at Pierre Scize is said to have been built on the site of her house. According to Gregory of Tours, she is buried in a suburb outside Lyon; her tomb, on the right bank of the Saône, north of the Merovingian city, was venerated in a special way. The existence of the martyrs Epipodius and Alexander has been doubted by Amable Audin and Charles Perrat.