Saint Eulalia of Barcelona

Also known as

• Aulaire
• Aulazia
• Aulazie
• Auzalie
• Elalia
• Eulalie
• Eulària
• Occille
• Olacie
• Olaia
• Olaille
• Olaire
• Olalla
• Ollala

Memorial

• 12 February

Profile

Sanctified virgin, the forerunner of professed nun. Martyred at age 13 or 14 in the persecutions of Diocletian. Often confused with Saint Eulalia of Merida. Several villages in Guienne and Languedoc are named for her.

Born

• c.290 in Barcelona, Spain

Died

• 12 February 304 at Barcelona, Spain
• interred in the church of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona
• relics translated to the Barcelona cathedral on 23 November 874

Canonized

• 633

Patronage

• against drought
• against dysentery
• boatmen
• mariners
• pregnant women
• for rain
• safe sailing
• safe seafaring
• sailors
• travellers
• watermen
• —
• Barcelona, Spain
• Barcelona cathedral

Representation

• young woman with a palm and cross in her hand
• young woman with a lily and a book

Additional Information

• Barcelona Cathedral, A View on Cities
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Mercabá
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Eulalia of Barcelona“. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 February 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>