St. Lucy is depicted in a 14th century fresco inside the Baptistry of San Giovanni in Siena, Italy. Lucy is seen holding a basket with her eyes in it, in a gesture of making an offering, and a palm fond indicating her martyrdom. Lucy is dressed in a simple cloak and dress, but her head is surrounded by a golden nimbus.

Some hagiography of St. Lucy’s life indicate that she removed her own eyes to avoid the advances of a suitor who admired them; other accounts say her eyes were removed as part of multiple types of torture she endured before being killed by a dagger to her neck. St. Lucy has been widely venerated in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Churches.