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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Eulalia, virgin and martyr of Barcelona

Saint ID

S02047

Number in BH

2693-2698

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05431Hymn in honour of *Eulalia (virgin and martyr of Barcelona, S02047) composed in Latin in Spain possibly in the 7th c. (possibly by Quiricius, abbot and bishop of Barcelona c. 650).
E05681Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 10 December in Barcelona of *Eulalia (virgin and martyr of Barcelona, S02047). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06516Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, addresses in his opening salutation ten nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), four of whom are seemingly named after saints: *Justina/Ioustina (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Scholastica (nun of central Italy, ob. c. 543, S01728), *Eulalia (probably the virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407; or perhaps the one of Barcelona, S02047), and *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Latin in southern Britain, c. 675/686.
E06626Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) and *Eulalia (probably the virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407; or perhaps Eulalia of Barcelona, S02047) as exemplary virgins. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E06659Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry