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Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year, December 13. This is the feast day of Sankta Lucia, the patron saint of Sweden.Until the Pope Gregory XII made the Gregorian calendar official in AD 1582, the winter solstice fell on December 13-Lucia’s feast day. Lucia (Lucy) was actually an Italian, she is celebrated John Bauer, Fine Art Photo Prints, Photo Art, Art Prints, Framed Prints, Sankta Lucia, Saint Lucy, Cicely Mary Barker, Art Et Illustration

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Sankta Lucia: The Survival of a Nordic Sun Goddess

In Pre-Christian Scandinavia, the sun was represented as a solar goddess-Sol or Sunna. She is the sister of the moon and drives the chariot of the sun across the sky every day.

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Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year, December 13. This is the feast day of Sankta Lucia, the patron saint of Sweden.Until the Pope Gregory XII made the Gregorian calendar official in AD 1582, the winter solstice fell on December 13-Lucia’s feast day. Lucia (Lucy) was actually an Italian, she is celebrated

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Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year, December 13. This is the feast day of Sankta Lucia, the patron saint of Sweden.Until the Pope Gregory XII made the Gregorian calendar official in AD 1582, the winter solstice fell on December 13-Lucia’s feast day. Lucia (Lucy) was actually an Italian, she is celebrated

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