Saint Lucy, Barbados

Saint Lucy ("St. Lucy") is the northern-most area in the country of Barbados.  Saint Lucy is the only parish of Barbados to be named after a female patron saint, Saint Lucy of Syracuse.  Saint Lucy was the location of a United States Navy base at Harrison's Point.  Saint Lucy is also a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, east and west.

Saint Lucy is the birthplace of Barbados's first Prime Minister, Errol Barrow. It is also the birthplace of two cricketers; Charlie Griffith and Manny Martindale.

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Category:Parishes of Barbados