Lucio de Savoya
Feast: 5 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Lucio, a descendant of the noble House of Savoy, received the habit of the Order of Mercy at the convent of Carcassonne in France. Sent to ransom Christian slaves in Africa, he was captured at sea by Moorish corsairs and taken to Tunis, where he suffered horrific tortures, then to Egypt, where he endured sixteen years of cruel imprisonment and many further torments without ever denying his faith in Christ.
Angered by his constancy, Sultan Bayezid II had him beheaded at Constantinople on 5 May 1470. The Mercedarian Order keeps his feast on 5 May.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Mercedarian friar of the House of Savoy, beheaded at Constantinople by order of Sultan Bayezid II after sixteen years of captivity for refusing to renounce his faith; feast 5 May.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Santi, beati e testimoni (santiebeati.it) - Beato Lucio di Savoia
- Wikidata Q3838967 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.