Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia died in Siracusa on the13th of december 304,

virgin and martyr. Lucia’s conversion was

during her mother’s disease, when Saint

Agatha appeared her in a dream..

Lucia was immediately  denounced as a

Christian and beheaded by Diocletian’s order

Saint Lucia is represented 

without eyes because the legend says that she tore them off to send away all

her pretenders.

The “cuccìa” is a typical Sicilian sweet made by

Grain, “Ricotta “,

Or milk cream…

And it is garnished with cinnamon and

chocolate

The cuccìa is prepared on the 13th of December for Saint

Lucia’s commemoration. The tradition says that on that day in 1646, a ship loaded of grain

arrived in Palermo’s port putting an end to the famine.

To remember that day, the

Sicilians don’t eat

food made with flour, but…

The “cuccia”

And the

“Arancine.

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