Eulalia of Barcelona | |
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![]() Bernat Martorell's Martyrdom of Saint Eulalia, 1442–1445 (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya). | |
Virgin and martyr | |
Born | c. 289 Barcelonum, Hispania Tarraconensis (modern Barcelona, Spain) |
Died | February 12, 303 (aged 13) Barcelonum, Hispania Tarraconensis |
Venerated in | Roman Catholicism Anglicanism Lutheranism Eastern Orthodoxy[1] |
Canonized | 633 by Pope Vitalian |
Major shrine | Cathedral of Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona |
Feast | February 12 (August 22 and December 10 in the Orthodox Church) |
Attributes | Saltire, stake, dove |
Patronage | Barcelona, Spain; sailors; against drought [1] |
Eulalia (c. 289 – February 12, 303), co-patron saint of Barcelona, was a 13-year-old Roman Christian virgin who was martyred in Barcelona during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian (the Sequence of Saint Eulalia mentions his co-emperor the "pagan king" Maximian). There is some dispute as to whether she is the same person as Eulalia of Mérida, whose story is similar.[2]