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How did Santa Lucia get to be a saint?

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It is purported that Christopher Columbus sighted landed) on this Caribbean island known as Iyanoly (Land of the Iguana) by the then Amerindian inhabitants on December 13th (Name Day of LUCIA) and the date commemorating the catholic Saint Lucie (Santa Lucia).

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