E-auction 635-636082 - fme_937843 - V REPUBLIC Médaille, Sainte Lucie de Sicile
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 19 € |
| Maximum bid : | 21 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2025 20:42:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Sainte Lucie de Sicile
Date: 1966
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver BARREAULT Jean-Claude (1933-2010)
Weight : 148,77 g.
Edge : lisse + 1966 +corne BRONZE
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des traces d’usure, coups et rayures. Présence de quelques taches d’oxydation, notamment sur le revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SAINTE LUCIE - DE SICILE.
Obverse description : Sainte Lucie de Sicile, les mains liées derrière le dos, va être livrée au bûcher.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Sa légende relate un fait miraculeux dont elle fut l’objets : garrottée et traînée par des boeufs, ses bourreaux ne purent la faire changer de place. Signé : JC BARREAULT.
Commentary
Selon une longue tradition hagiographique rapportée notamment par Jacques de Voragine dans la Légende dorée, Lucie serait née à Syracuse vers la fin du IIIe siècle, dans une riche famille patricienne. Elle se détourna cependant du mariage et des biens du monde et décida de consacrer sa virginité à Dieu, à l’exemple de sainte Agathe, vierge et martyre vénérée d’une autre ville de Sicile, Catane. Un soupirant éconduit la dénonça comme chrétienne aux autorités romaines locales, qui la condamnèrent à être enfermée dans un lupanar et réduite à la débauche. Selon la légende, cet ordre fut contrarié par une intervention divine : le Saint-Esprit aurait rendu le corps de Lucie totalement pétrifié et personne ne serait parvenu à la transporter. La jeune femme aurait alors été condamnée au bûcher, mais les flammes ne l’auraient pas dévorée. Elle eut finalement le cou transpercé d’une épée et mourut en martyre en 304, à Syracuse..
According to a long hagiographic tradition, notably reported by Jacques de Voragine in the Golden Legend, Lucy was born in Syracuse towards the end of the 3rd century, into a wealthy patrician family. However, she turned away from marriage and worldly goods and decided to dedicate her virginity to God, following the example of Saint Agatha, a venerated virgin and martyr from another Sicilian city, Catania. A rejected suitor denounced her as a Christian to the local Roman authorities, who condemned her to be locked up in a brothel and reduced to debauchery. According to legend, this order was thwarted by divine intervention: the Holy Spirit turned Lucy's body completely petrified, and no one was able to transport her. The young woman was then condemned to the stake, but the flames did not devour her. She was finally pierced through the neck with a sword and died a martyr in 304 in Syracuse.
According to a long hagiographic tradition, notably reported by Jacques de Voragine in the Golden Legend, Lucy was born in Syracuse towards the end of the 3rd century, into a wealthy patrician family. However, she turned away from marriage and worldly goods and decided to dedicate her virginity to God, following the example of Saint Agatha, a venerated virgin and martyr from another Sicilian city, Catania. A rejected suitor denounced her as a Christian to the local Roman authorities, who condemned her to be locked up in a brothel and reduced to debauchery. According to legend, this order was thwarted by divine intervention: the Holy Spirit turned Lucy's body completely petrified, and no one was able to transport her. The young woman was then condemned to the stake, but the flames did not devour her. She was finally pierced through the neck with a sword and died a martyr in 304 in Syracuse.







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