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St. Lucia’s Day
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All Day
This is in observance and not an event on campus.
Contact:
Office of Diversity and Inclusion, diversity@unl.edu
A religious festival of light in Scandinavia and Italy commemorating the martyrdom of St Lucia, a young Christian girl who was killed for her faith, in 304 AD. She secretly brought food to persecuted Christians in Rome while wearing a wreath of candles on her head so both her hands would be free.