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Quotation from The Golden Legend: Popular Saints by Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton
“Then they drew out their swords and smote her through the throat, but nevertheless she died not anon, but preached to the people”
The Golden Legend: Popular Saints, Life of St. Lucy (Caxton/Ellis tradition)
Lucy's delayed death turns bodily injury into public witness; later iconography shifts attention toward eyes and sight.
Citation: "Then they drew out their swords and smote her through the throat, but nevertheless she died not anon, but preached to the people" — Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton, The Golden Legend: Popular Saints, Life of St. Lucy (Caxton/Ellis tradition). (id golden-legend-popular-saints-q6)
