Why does Saint Lucy hold a palm leaf in her hand?

Answer 1

Lucy of Syracuse is sometimes pictured holding a plate or bowl containing two eyeballs. Just before she was martyred the executioners tore out her eyes. Supposedly, her eyes were miraculously healed just before she was killed.

Answer 2

Saint Lucy is often depicted holding a palm leaf as a symbol of her martyrdom. According to tradition, she was a Christian martyr who was killed by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. The palm leaf is a symbol of victory and triumph over death.

Answer 3

There are several:

•cord

•eyes

•eyes on a dish

•lamp

•swords

•woman hitched to a yoke of oxen

•woman in the company of Saint Agatha, Saint Agnes of Rome, Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Thecla

•woman kneeling before the tomb of Saint Agatha

Answer 4

Assuming you mean Clare of Montefalco, she holds the cross of Christ in her hands.

Answer 5

Saint Clare of Assisi is sometimes depicted holding a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament.

Answer 6

The palm frond in the hands of a saint in images and statues is a symbol that the person died the death of a martyr.