A. St. Lucy is killed by a soldier on the right while St. Euphemia is buried in a snake's nest on the leftB. Behind are martyrs having their eyes gouged outC. Others are placed in lead coffins and thrown into the riverD. Some have been dismembered and others hangedLucy was a virgin who refused to marry a pagan man and gave her dowry to the poor. The groom complained to the governor and she was sentenced to death for being a Christian. When they tried to move her, even with a team of oxen, she couldn't be moved. When they tried to burn here, she wouldn't burn. Finally they gouged out her eyes. Another version of the story has her gouging out her own eyes to make herself unattractive for to any suitors seeking to marry her. Either way she was eventually fatally stabbed in the neck, but her eyes were miraculously restored before her burial.
Euphemia, an early Christian virgin-martyr, was thrown into a pit filled with venomous snakes. She remained unharmed by making the sign of the cross.